The call of a female tawny owl, recorded from my mum’s house in Yorkley, Forest of Dean, 31st July 2026. Recorded using the Merlin Bird ID app.
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Watered down and weary
This is probably going to seem like a trumpet-blowy, tiny violin-whining kind of a post. And I am allowing myself this with the hope that to get it out there might be the next step to doing something differently. I have recognised for a long time something that it difficult to admit to others: IContinue reading “Watered down and weary”
A sign of the times
I miss my family. Work is challenging. The world is scary. Old wounds are at active and my dreams leave me emotionally wrung-out. So it felt like a blessing to see Project Hail Mary at the cinema yesterday. I loved everything about it, but the relationship at the heart of it I loved the absoluteContinue reading “A sign of the times”
Read for your life!
When life gives you an internal sludge swamp of emotions, read. Preferably about BIG MYSTERIOUS THINGS, and convince yourself you’re interested (and interesting?) for a while.
The Flowers of Evil, by Charles Baudelaire: some personal reflections.
I’ve finished reading The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. I thought I’d write a summary of the themes and some personal reflections on this collection; what I think the poet is trying to convey through his use of imagery, the recurring themes, and my own responses to him. A bit about the book and the poet:Continue reading “The Flowers of Evil, by Charles Baudelaire: some personal reflections.”
Less kinaesthetic, more anaesthetic
At my computer in the office, I locked the screen to go and get my second coffee of the morning. This beautiful locked-screen image met my eyes and distracted me (temporarily) from thoughts of my next coffee (only my second one of the morning. By 09:09, I know!) It’s a picture of an Indian white-eyeContinue reading “Less kinaesthetic, more anaesthetic”
Do it while you can (or, why is there any quantum to fluctuate?)
Something has to change. There are some small relational things that shrink my world to fit them. My perception is distorted and suddenly these minor things become the most urgent and important things in my world. Considering that this often involves colleagues/acquaintances, let’s just say that these relationships are certainly not the be and endContinue reading “Do it while you can (or, why is there any quantum to fluctuate?)”
2025 – a summary
I’ve decided to write a summary of the year. So much time just passes and I’ve not been making time to reflect on moments, big and small, that mean so much. Life can so easily become just keeping up with things without enough thought. (Having said that, there’s no a whole lot of thought hereContinue reading “2025 – a summary”
Happy winter solstice 2025
A few years ago I wrote this poem for the MK Lit Fest online event ‘Dreams for midwinter’. I’m quite proud of it, but every time I read the third line of the second stanza … I want the line to break at citrus! “belie like citrus skies turned sour” So much better! 😠NewContinue reading “Happy winter solstice 2025”
On the usefulness of dream decoding
I enjoy recording my dreams and applying some light interpretation to them, and this week I experienced (again!) just how useful they can be! I went to Vienna a couple of weeks ago (and I still need to write about it). I visited the Freud Museum, the place where he lived and saw his patients,Continue reading “On the usefulness of dream decoding”
