Sep 2025
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Leading by Example: Learning to Rest
This week mornings are feeling very difficult. I don’t know whether it’s because I’m still paying…
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Coffee and Consequences
The bus stops are now in range – they’re each between twelve and fifteen minutes from…
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Heartbeats and Hardons
I’m slowly getting better, listening to my body and physical heart (to distinguish it from the…
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Letter to MP: Silence Is Complicity: Speaking Up Against Transphobia
I’ve reached the end of my tether watching the steady rise of transphobia in this country,…
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Two Weeks On: Sex, Toys, and Heartbeats
Two weeks after my heart attack, I’m learning that curiosity beats fear — even when it…
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Book Review: The Book of Non-binary Joy – Ben Pechey
Oh hello darling, and welcome to this, my very first book. Thus the Introduction begins, with…
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Born to sparkle, but not today
Yesterday, I did a few hours “work” in the morning, including one meeting, then I be…
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Coffee with My Dom (Not That Kind)
Today I did another couple of hours of “work”, joining the morning stand-up and looking at…
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Fear, Freedom, and the Shape of Love
Yesterday I invited my (ex) husband over for lunch. He brought crusty bread, slices of ham,…
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Walking Myself Back to Life
More than a week after my heart attack, I’ve started rereading about the recovery period. I’m…
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Bang! Woof! Kindness!
Another day trying to do nothing. But I think I’m begining to improve – or at…
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The Mary Poppins School of Chastity
I must say I am getting a lot of sleep at the moment – good quality…
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The overclocked heart
This morning I took things steady, resting after each major operation of the morning. I am…
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BBC Balance and Other Fairy Tales
Nine hours sleep! It takes me ages to get off. When I’m lying in bed, my…
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Twenty eight years later
It felt good to come home, although I wasn’t sure what I would find, or how…
