It seems that it’s impossible to add purely Good Things to a life. Great news? Bam! Bad news. Good mood? Bam! Some reason to hide. Have lots to do inside at the weekend? Bam! Have a couple of fabulously warm sunny days so you either feel guilty about missing them by being inside or about […]
I need to go shopping. The tears fall heavily, the breaths juddering and irregular, my thoughts spiralling and my face getting steadily more puffy. The tears have nothing to do with my need to go shopping. They’re just there. And their presence is a hindrance. I want go back to bed. To hide. To cry […]
It’s bad enough that it’s taken me a week to post this picture of thick, gloopy, Spanish hot chocolate. It’s worse that it took me almost a year to make it. It feels like it’s time to start doing/eating/drinking the good things and stop waiting for “someday” or the right day or any other kind […]
Sometimes, when it rains, you find rainbows in unexpected places But sometimes weather forecasts lie and it hardly rains at all, despite dismal threats of torrential downpours.. “heavy rain” – day 1 of 3. “heavy rain” – day 2 of 3 “heavy rain” – day 3 of 3 Sometimes it wouldn’t matter how much it […]
Dear WWF campaigners, I’m no time management expert, but I have a suggestion for you.. If you smile as you accost me on my way between the train and the bus and ask me for ONE minute of my time, I might actually choose to honour your request. Here’s where I think there’s room for […]
It seems Google still doesn’t think I’m trustworthy.. 🙁 I will consult the experts again…
I don’t really understand what goes on behind the screen, so when I got the second message from a reader who couldn’t open my website without immense risk, I asked the experts. They did something, and now it works again. I think. If it doesn’t, please let me know..
I went out to dinner tonight, wearing my new dress*. It’s made of flowing material that swirls around my knees when I walk. It’s neither tight nor sack-like and it hangs well, I felt good, good enough to think I might look good too. When I got back, I still felt good so I asked […]
I bought a dress at the weekend! People who know me or have been reading for a while know that doesn’t happen very regularly, and that it is usually a fraught experience when it happens. Not so this time. I bought it from my favourite sales lady at the market in the next town. She’s […]
“No movement is thought of as sexual or embarrassing when you’re little.. It’s just movement. Just an experiment. Little kids are still discovering themselves. Dancing is also self discovery. No brain required, just you and your body and the music……and the other people”
Today’s dance teacher wisdom: “Without primary schools, there would be no universities. Unis don’t teach you anything really new, they just build on what you already know. Primary school is where you really learn new things.” And also: “When you say, ‘I can’t do that’ you take a step back. When you ask, ‘how can […]
This morning I found a notification of a new WordPress comment on my phone. That’s generally a very cool thing. I love it when people write comments in response to things I’ve written. This comment, however, was about a post I wrote in December, and which I, for some currently unknown reason, decided not to […]
This was written in December.. This morning (June 22nd), several posts were published from my draft folder.. I didn’t press publish… Skybright commented on this one so I’m leaving it up. I’ve reconsigned the others to my draft folder where they belong. I will have to investigate what happened.. *** I am usually very much […]
May 21st. I took the photos off my phone in the middle of writing this.. I was planning to go back and add pictures of the peacocks before posting, but I haven’t taken the time to turn my computer on for a while and I’m unlikely to get the chance before my holiday. Just imagine […]