Approximate reading time: 14 minutes Ok, so here’s a brief synopsis of my week. (It’s going to be thrilling I tell you) So, still waiting for my new lease to arrive I did the only thing an anxious, avoidant, with slight trust issues could do and continued looking for a new place. (Just in case) …
Category: Poetry
Déjà vu
Approximate reading time: 8 min I feel like I need to apologise for not writing anything ‘fresh’ for the last couple of weeks. I realise I don’t NEED to but still…there is an explanation. I am moving again. If you are getting an uncanny feeling of déjà vu…I apologise. (Yes, we have totally been here …
Perhaps, maybe…
Approximate reading time: 8 min Written 29 March 2022 Today I’m a little tearful Not sure what’s going on inside But I showed up I meditated (In my beautiful garden outside) Halfway through the tears started When in popped my mum I didn’t hold them back I just let them come Because for all of …
The Highly Sensitive Person revisited
Approximate reading time: 23 minutes So, I have been thinking a lot these last couple of weeks about what it’s like being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). This has been prompted by a number of experiences which were all going to be unpacked this weekend in one super long post. However, then life happened…. ….the …
A few good days
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written the 22nd March 2022 Respite I haven’t cried Not ONCE in three weeks I haven’t zoned out eating crap While binging on Netflix I feel relatively weightless Nothing to figure out or ascertain Calm, relaxed And relatively sane Simply watching the world My own reality show It seems pointless to …
A whole spectrum of emotions
Approximate reading time: 16 min Apologies for being AWOL for a week. It’s been a busy Christmas. 😉 One of my oldest friends Michelle, who I have been friends with for 41 years, was visiting her family in the UK and I got to spend 3 days with her, which was AMAZING. It is worth …
How to not give a fuck
Approximate reading time: 8 min FYI: There is no point to this post. You will learn nothing! You might even be wasting 8 minutes of your life. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you!!) For those of you that worry about me being single forever and ever and ever. Rest assured, I will not. I have …
Happy Halloween
Approximate reading time: 13 min About 4 years ago I published a blog post about how I desperately wanted to go to a Halloween House Party. I bought two second-hand wedding dresses in a charity shop in eager anticipation of the upcoming Halloween House Party that I had not yet been invited to. My best …
One Starfish at a Time
Approximate reading time: 27min I often wonder why simply being a teacher has never been enough for me. I have through the years met so many amazing teachers who have dedicated their lives to their vocation. Part of me admires and envies them…. Why have I never been able to just settle and be content? …
Goodbyes and New Beginnings
Approximate reading time: 10 min I realise sometimes my poems must make me sound like a stark raving lunatic. All these different characters and voices. A nut job who talks to herself….I’m pretty sure in some countries I could be locked up for that. The beauty is, I am past caring. It was a relief …