HIRAETH

Today is the eighth anniversary of my mum's passing. This day comes with much reflections and sadness, but in all honesty many days are...

It is strange what breaks us in the end, the thing that sends the held back flood gates of tears flowing. It has been a long 20 months for...

It caught my eye in the local newsagent - the beautiful soft leather diary 2022 stamped in gold across the top. It is one of my many...

In creating the new me I discovered I kind of liked the old one - it was safer . Like most people I started the year off with new goals,...

That is what all the new age , self help gurus would tell us . Easier said than done . However it is this years new challenge as I line...

I've been up for hours , since 1.38 a.m to be precise. It is strange the thoughts you have in the midnight hours. For some reason I also...

How is everyone going ? Are we all into lockdown part 3 mode ? What a mad crazy time it is lately. Personally I actually love this...

Days of heart ache, heartbreak and everything in between. Life is certainly for living and yet this wonderful thing called life can...

These last few months I have watched as all I like to control in my life has unravelled , slowly and surely the threads that keep me all...

It seems time to think can lead me down one of two paths - filling the emotional suitcase or emptying the baggage. It really is the...

Update your phone they said, its easy....... Apparently you just press this button and then a cloud does all the work. Well that is not...

There is so much work, adrenaline , build up and emotional effort involved over the years it takes to write a book and then ultimately...

What I thought I wanted is not actually what I needed. This strange little lock down and  enforced change of lifestyle has opened my eyes...

or so the song goes by the late John Lennon . What an interesting time it is for us all to navigate our way through. It really hit home...

Well they say that timing is everything. I have been planning the launch of my book The Suitcase now for awhile. Imagining how it would...

I am patiently awaiting the proof copy of my book  The Suitcase which should arrive this week. In the meantime my work desk is sitting...

My mind is in overdrive as I have tossed and turned away the last few nights. You see the recent murder of a woman and her children has...

There is a reason I like to keep my feet firmly planted on terra firma. I can feel the solid ground beneath me , knowing I am safe and ...

Today is Tuesday - simple really. Some may call it New Years eve, the day after Monday, the day they go back to work or have their...

I am thinking of changing my creative pursuits to painting. I really feel like donning myself a brightly sewn smock made from an old...