Sometimes I just say 'Mother' and that is enough. This is my new go-to swear word that I use when I am feeling tested.
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Moving through time
When they say empty nest, do they mean to paint such a sad picture? Is it an abandoned nest? Is it broken, or infested with bugs? Maybe it is quiet and warm. Pretty, full of colour and spots to lie down and rest. It is quiet though and there are ghosts flitting about, children in … Continue reading Moving through time
the joy and power of community
I didn't start making the calendar until November. I had made no promises. But one day I just started working on it and before long the momentum had carried me to the printers and I had invested in 40 printed copies of a calendar for my neighbours. I really didn't think I was going to … Continue reading the joy and power of community
Just a Sensible Idealist
I smiled back and he opened with "I wish I had been brought up in the sixties". I would have liked to see my face expression.
marriage of true minds
We did not start our marriage by thinking we must tie the knot, we must make public betrothals, we must have children. We planned nothing.
Little Mouse in the City
But as I stepped into the street I paused in awe. I found what I saw mesmerizing, but what was it?
Death Doula
Now I am in my sixties and guess what? I have no interest in birthing anymore. Not surprisingly I have become more interested in death. Who would think it!
Putting Isaac to Sleep
Dreams and spirits, maybe there is a heaven, let there be a heaven where you can move freely, hunt and leap.
The Cardinal Visits
On souls and the male cardinal that keeps throwing himself at my study window.
I’ll give you neuro diverse!
It has been hinted that I might be ADHD. Or have ADHD? Or some sort of condition that falls along the broad neuro diverse continuum?
Notes from a Sinking Isthmus 