The love of field and coppice Of green and shaded lanes, Of ordered woods and gardens Is running in your veins. Strong love of grey-blue distance, Brown streams and soft, dim skies I know, but cannot share it, My love is otherwise. I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I … Read More
I can tell I missed my anxiety meds this morning, I am plagued by thoughts dancing around telling me what a disappointment I was to my Dad. I think that coming up to this first anniversary we are all going to find things hard. I wish I’d been well when he died, I wish I … Read More
I frequently feel guilty for having favourite ‘things’, collecting often seems to be a symptom of hideous capitalist consumption, yet here I am, my house full of things. In the case of anything Hello Kitty and Pusheen related that’s definitely the type of consumption I don’t like and yet there they hang around me in … Read More
I think that books as a whole have influenced my life rather than a specific book. I know if I ask either girlfriend (M-i-L or The Jellicle Cat) then they’d tell me about their relationships with Jonathan Livingstone Seagull or The Dice Man respectively. I’m not sure I’ve got a book like that.
Content warning: Mention of the death of a parent Ancestors. Whew. Ancestors. Dad died last year and that was heavy. There were a number of festivals and symbls before I could speak a toast to him. There was a great deal of comfort in his having visited one Yule and participated in a symbl. My … Read More
I collected postcards. I stopped because I was running out of places to put them but I think I’d quite like to start again. I like pictures that indicate places. I also think I’m happier with the notion of putting things into display books rather than needing everything to be up on a wall so … Read More
It’s hard to decide which are the five best places I’ve visited. I’ve been to a lot of really lovely places. 5. Chicago has to have a mention. Chicago is a city that took me by surprise, I ended up there by accident, I had intended to go to Florida but the US was just … Read More
