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A Holiday and an Enchantment
I managed to pinch a few days to run away to sea this week. We set off on Sunday evening, off down the A12 into Suffolk. Aldeburgh was our destination…
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Figuring Stuff Out, Maybe
A big thing I had been putting a lot of emotional energy into happened last week. To get to that point I had to do a lot of work in the emotional…
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Counselling and Creatures
I had my second session of therapy today. It feels a lot like wrestling with bears. It’s time to do it. To be fair, it’s way past time to do it. I know…
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Goodbye to A.S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt died yesterday, aged 87. She had what people will say was ‘a good innings.’ I wonder why we feel that cricket is the appropriate metaphor…
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Me and William Blake
I had a few hours to kill one afternoon last week, so me and my dodgy hip went on a small adventure together. My hip sometimes decides it would rather…
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The Kids Are Alright
I admire my kids hugely. They are so full of life. You can hear the sap fizzing through them when you squeeze them, which I like to do as often as they…
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In Which I Talk Too Much About An Underpass
It’s been a week of trying to find balance. Doing enough to stay attached to the things I want to achieve, but not enough to break me. Finding quiet…
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Night Spell
I’ve been boat bound all day. Finally, after dinner I step onto the pontoon and head for the showers. It is quiet on the marina. The water dark and…
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True Stuff
After my last post, I caught myself thinking: ‘That’s a lie.’ It haunted me. I read it over several times with the idea in my mind that maybe I would…
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Too Many Trigger Warnings To Count
I have been thinking about how hard it is to find the words to talk to people about mental health. I say this as a woman who has no shortage of words…
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Fear Factory
I am trying to learn something new at the moment. I am finding it insanely hard to do. Some of this is because what I am trying to learn is hard. A lot…
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A Time of Autumn Water
My mind has been a swamp all day. Sentences swam out of reach. Words dissolved on impact with my tongue. I needed to be sharp and focussed. Instead I…
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