Jul 11, 2022
What are you up to? The beach is empty. The sea is waving me in. She stands on the stones, takes off her shoes, empties her pockets and slips off her trousers. She detaches the insulin pump and leaves it in a small carrier bag next to the rock. A...
Jun 29, 2022
A story based on a real conversation: “Where are you in life?” asked the good witch from the East to the wild woman from the West. The woman fingered the quartz amulet around her neck for a long time as she considered the question, “Chaos is the new calm –...
Jun 13, 2022
On Sunday I woke up with an urgent need to see the sea, walk on the beach and dig my toes into the sand. It had been a while.. My hair needed washing but since I was hoping to swim too it didn’t matter. I grabbed a big green woollen sweater I’d put aside...
May 31, 2022
Little Red Hen drove her little red car a long way back to the country to see old mother hen and spend some time in the family henhouse. When she arrived, they talked and walked. Mother Hen had prepared fresh vegetables for supper. They watered the flowers and...
May 11, 2022
“Whaaat?!” She stared down at the scales in dismay and got dressed disappointed. She counted some grapes into a Tuppaware container for her mid-morning snack at work. Later in the supermarket she made sure to avoid the cheese aisle. To be...
May 3, 2022
Poetry is a weapon of mass instruction. There is a Buddhist quote: “we choose our own parents”. The teachings of Buddhism say we choose them (before we are born) to teach us the hardest lessons. Some of us choose old fashioned teachers of hard lessons....
