it’s the end of the year as we know it
Turns out the run up to Christmas was way worse than the day itself. Or should that say 'days'? I mean just how long is Christmas actually? Sometimes it feels…
on the outside of Christmas
Christmas is not for the likes of me. Not because I am a Scrooge, a bah humbug who grumbles at the mere mention of anything festive. I really like Christmas.…
in the blink of an eye
We mark the years that pass. We celebrate the birthdays, the anniversaries, the good times. Mourn the deaths. We mark the passage of time. I have been flying solo for…
and I’m back…again…
Turns out I was just a teeny tiny bit ahead of myself when I wrote the post back last September boldly titled 'and I am back'. I was wrong. And…
and I am back
I didn't mean to stay away. I simply stopped. Stopped writing. Stopped reading. Stopped being. Life was complicated. Life is still complicated. I needed to step back. Had to step…
unplugged
Usually I plug myself in when out in public on my own. Protect myself from how the noises and movements overwhelm. Hide so there is no risk of engagement. Distract…
how have I ended up with a gym membership?!
Somehow I have turned into someone who goes to the gym. Regularly. I’m not quite sure how it happened. One minute I was minding my own business enjoying my walks…
counter to the snowdrops
Three weeks ago I posted 'Blame it on the snowdrops'. A post filled with the sadness of what was left behind when we moved. What I still miss deep in…
blame it on the snowdrops
It was the snowdrops in the park that did it in the end. Caused the tears. You see I remembered the ones springing into life in my graveyard. The graveyard…
and we have moved…
We have done it. We have swapped the open fields of Cumbria for the urban sprawl of Leeds. Outside my windows, concrete and tarmac stretch unseen. Traffic hums, the darkness…
walking goodbye
Today was my last walk. The path my steps have followed day after day has been walked for the last time. We move tomorrow from countryside to city. It is…
moving times
Apparently what you don't do to someone who copes one day at a time, sometimes one hour at a time, is get them to move house. To a whole new…
taking a year off christmas
This year the unimaginable has happened. I am not celebrating Christmas. I am taking the year off. I love Christmas. The warmth of the twinkling lights, the feeling from a…
earworms II
When I wrote my first Earworms post back in August, it was a one-off. A curiosity. Nothing more. Seems like my brain had other plans though. Something in the examination…
roadblocks
It has taken me many years to feel quite how much writing means to me. The release it gives to the jumbled tangled inner me. Let's not go into quite…
16 years on
If you must work, Work to leave some part of you on this earth If you must live, darling one. Just live. Keaton Henson - You Yesterday was my transplant…
earworms
Do you ever get a song stuck in your head on repeat for hours or even days? I do. Constantly. One song always replaced by another. Sometimes only briefly. Others…
strolling and street art in Sheffield
We went to Yorkshire Cosplay Con in Sheffield a few weeks ago so Phillip could do his thing and take lots of awesome cosplay photos (check out his ColobusYeti Instagram feed…
in love with a map
Day Seventeen: A Map as Your Muse I have a confession to make. I once fell in love with a map book and still have feelings for it. There,…
my Disney World top 10 ~ vegan adventures in Orlando (part 2)
Ooops got a little distracted with my 'Everyday Inspiration' posts and almost forgot I promised you part 2 of my vegan adventures in Orlando....yep it's Disney World time! So let's dive right…
jumping = life
Day 4 - A Story in a Single Image Today I needed to pick a photo out of four and use it as a starting point, a springboard into…
home is everywhere and it is anywhere
Day Three – One-Word Inspiration: Chosen prompt ‘home’ Until 3 years ago, my view of what made somewhere my ‘home’ was very different. My home was one place, the flat…
vegan adventures in Orlando
"The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating" - John Walters Whilst away in Orlando this was the blog post I was really excited about doing on…
sakura, springtime and reflection
I appear to have got distracted from my planned next post! I fully intended to write to you a little bit about my trip to Orlando...and then I kept seeing…
discovering a love of urban photography
I didn't really start wanting to take 'proper' photographs until I was in my thirties. Sure I took holiday photos and snapped away at events such as birthdays or whenever…
my Veganuary experience
Have you heard about Veganuary, the campaign launched in 2014 to encourage people to try going vegan for 1 month in January? I heard about it for the first time…
Sun setting over frosty moorland in Geltsdale, Cumbria.
in defence of winter
It seems that as soon as New Year has been and gone (if not even sooner), I start hearing people wishing the winter away for warmer and longer days. You…
