Welcome to April, perfect month for cardigans! Warm, comforting sunshine and cool wind make for ideal layering weather, provided of course that you sit at exactly the right angle and rotate every half hour or so. Gotta get that combination just right. Cosied up in my cardigan, I am most disappointed to discover that InternationalContinue reading “Cardigans and the liberation of a sexy raincoat”
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Drug seeker?
Welcome to March 2025. It’s not the same as any other March: it is a new month, a new day, a new moment in the forward-spinning journey of our lives. But it is still Endometriosis Action Month. I’ve been blogging here for five years, and loving it. My starting point for this blog was myContinue reading “Drug seeker?”
Chillicothe Eyes
She is six weeks old in the first photograph; nineteen years old in the last. There are many photographs in between; many memories. Across the years that span her long* and rich life, there is one constant: her eyes. In each photograph, they project her raw power, every bit as much as her delicate prettiness.Continue reading “Chillicothe Eyes”
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Bring me a glass of wine
Socks. You either have too many of them, or too few. Typically, when weather is cold and the sales hit, you buy a few pairs of socks from your favourite retailer – savvy and responsible consumerism, you think; can’t beat it. You enjoy the next few days of cosy feet, and a warm feeling ofContinue reading “Bring me a glass of wine”
Truth, justice, and an ice-cold can of cider!
It’s been a ‘Stop the Clocks’ kinda week. You know, like that poem, the one that goes something like; stop the clocks, cut off the phone, stop the dog barking by giving it a bone, and let the planes flying overhead write on the sky that he is … … … … … … … Continue reading “Truth, justice, and an ice-cold can of cider!”
Megiddo
Huddling close in the wide-eyed wood, Shivering and sniffing; each lonely, stood Rabbit and Hedgehog, Lamenting Megiddo, and all that was good. Paths all around them, ways without ends! Yet they conquered the hills, navigated the bends! Twitchy and Spiky; Though never as one, they journeyed as friends. Spring turned to summer; soon restless theyContinue reading “Megiddo”
Aftermath
Close your eyes and remember. The angelic blue of her eyes as she stares at the ceiling, wondering The soft scrabble of her searching fingers on my face The lingering life beneath my helpless hands The love that has no equal. Close your eyes and hold it, grip it, seize it, keep it, lock itContinue reading “Aftermath”
Her Majesty
Alexa play music from 1982. Under Pressure. No fucking way. Timeless artist, immortal song, Freddie, you cunt ,you died much too young. What would you make of today? Would you love me, your Mary, Your celibate wife? Would you cherish me through my decay? Is it the cats? The drink? Are you bored? Do IContinue reading “Her Majesty”
Lacuna
A memory resurfaces. I am standing in a blue-curtained booth in A&E. A young nurse or doctor walks in and asks me where the patient is. I am the patient. I am here. I am leaning on something. Probably medical equipment – it’s got wires and bits sticking out of it. There is nowhere toContinue reading “Lacuna”
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