Christmas smelt of coal when I was very small,Curled beneath the eiderdown, light flickered on the wall.A tealight by the bedside, insurance just in case.On Christmas eve, a certain hope to catch sight of his face. Christmas smelt of sausage rolls, upon a Christmas Eve.When it was dark and candles lit, their festive scent I’dContinue reading “Cheeky”
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Home
I’ll let you know my secrets,I’ll give you what I know.I’ll tell you all that made me,I’ll show you where I go. There is no understandingWithout first feeling pain.The blinding light of breakthrough sun,On shoulders soaked by rain. The humble yet deliciousCrust of bread, with butter – cold,When hunger is upon you;Rich and crumbly; yeastyContinue reading “Home”
Mountain
When I grow up I’m going to be an astronaut. And a policeman and have a zoo. Yes dear. Now. Eat your shepherd’s pie. When I grow up in going to be a ballerina with a health food shop that helps refugees and run for local councillor. Darling that’s amazing, you’ll need to learn lotsContinue reading “Mountain”
Skye Blue
We can learn so much from our kindred spirits, the ones that choose us, the ones that just appear in our lives and end up being indispensable, a life unknown before we met them. Our time indoors has intensified with our relationships, in so many ways, but with our animals, it has been a blessingContinue reading “Skye Blue”
The art of receiving
The first couple of weeks of lockdown were taken up with a non stop production line . Every sofa, table, inch of floor and kitchen worktop was taken up with a pile, box or bag being printed, sorted, collated and labelled. It was industrious, challenging, extremely time consuming and, because things didn’t arrive from Amazon,Continue reading “The art of receiving”
Do it your way.
Sometimes life stops you in your tracks. But sometimes it’s a handy way to look at the view while the lights are on red. To take a moment to see who you are listening to. Is it your own wisdom, the intuition you were born with or the mumblings of other voices ?. Everything weContinue reading “Do it your way.”
Bad Hair day
Ever have one of those? Ever have a grooming decision turn into another decision, until you find yourself back where you started.. or worse.. ….in a state of hair hell.? Because what you thought was going to be what you wanted, was actually somebody else’s idea of what suited you?. And you naively assumed yourContinue reading “Bad Hair day”
Abundance
On Boxing day, this was the outfit of choice.. and, if we were all really honest with ourselves we probably all wish we could wear every Christmas presents…. at once…. Abundance. The realm of the child, the lucky, or the wise….? For a fraction of a second my daughter questioned the potential reaction of others, inContinue reading “Abundance”
Rain
Sometimes even the sunniest day has a rain-cloud. Having weathered many a storm, I had considered myself fairly immune to those pesky clouds… Well, life doles out surprises when we least expect it and the smallest detail going wrong can be the breaking of us occasionally… I really don’t mump a lot. But weContinue reading “Rain”
Fire in your belly..
Lat week my delightful handy man was telling me a story. For Christmas last year he had been given a tin of seeds. They were chilli seeds and he had never gardened before. But he grew them anyway, and regaled to me the tale of the compost, the splitting of seedlings and the abundance ofContinue reading “Fire in your belly..”