The End of the End
What struck me here in Spain was that we became most desperate to “get out” of lockdown when we found out we’d be allowed out in a few days’ time. We’re frantic for an end. An end to lockdown, an end to the virus, an end to our more persistent monsters. End is a human-invented … Read more
What Will Everybody Think?!
Everybody knows that the most beautiful people are more loved, successful people are constant waterfalls of money, and real women are thriving, working mothers. Everybody is the weapon I play with in low moments. Do you? What’s your Everybody like? I don’t care what other people think until I decide that Everybody will pity me … Read more
When You Are Afraid Remember This…
You are never alone. The tree of love that grows from inside of you is with you always. You are never lost. You are connected to the real-time collective wisdom in this dimension and beyond. If you don’t know what to do right now, you will do. Time is an illusion. If you panic about … Read more
If Not This, Then What?
What will it take for you to listen to yourself if a pandemic won’t do it? My first reaction of rage when I saw that everything was about to slow right down, turned quickly to silence. If not this, then what? My barely-started novel was still sitting there from when I got back from travelling … Read more
Happy Christmas!!
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Unease it was stirring in me and my spouse;
The stockings misplaced, the chimney was bare,
We knew that we had them just couldn’t place where;
The children were jumping with joy on the beds,
With visions of Lego built up in their heads;
The Discovery
I woke up Monday morning in a muddle and a sweat There was something I’d forgotten that I couldn’t place just yet We’d won the pitch on Friday, we’d celebrated hard I’d remembered our anniversary, I’d even bought a card I’d written the presentation for the latest client brief I’d made the kids’ appointments for their … Read more