diary

  • Deckchair deviance

    Deckchair deviance

    I’ve written before about how my relationship with my body has changed since my surgery. Recently,…

  • Post race plague

    Post race plague

    Since the half marathon a couple of days ago, my body has been surprisingly achy. I…

  • Tudor houses and tender hearts

    Tudor houses and tender hearts

    I am glad I booked Monday off! My legs are quite achy and I am quite…

  • Happy Race Day to Me!

    Happy Race Day to Me!

    Good morning I’d set Alexa and my phone to go off at 6am. They both go…

  • If you don’t want cake, don’t go into the bakery!

    If you don’t want cake, don’t go into the bakery!

    Having written about Pleasure Vs Happiness the other day, I now need to make a confession:…

  • The butterfly effect

    The butterfly effect

    Long ago, I learnt that one should never do something for the first time during a…

  • The Shit Life Does Not Offset

    The Shit Life Does Not Offset

    In the many years that we have been married, I have: All because I felt physically…

  • Running without a reason

    Running without a reason

    Learning to keep running when the reasons are no longer clear

  • The silence between us

    The silence between us

    The silence between us feels like a physical manifestation. An actual wall of no-speak. On the…

  • Shit is getting real

    Shit is getting real

    “We won’t be having any more sessions,” was the last thing my husband said to out…

  • Seeing what isn’t there

    Seeing what isn’t there

    I was visiting my friend, Tacitus, yesterday. He and his husband are working on some fascinating…

  • Easter hangover

    Easter hangover

    Easter was strange. I’d had half a gummy on the Saturday evening to relax me before…

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

    Here are three little twists on popular Easter gifts and activities; have fun this Easter! Who…

  • Superhero Dominoes

    Superhero Dominoes

    Today I visited my dad, my brother and his girlfriend, and my two darling nephews. Just…

  • When the Police Took Me Seriously

    When the Police Took Me Seriously

    A few weeks ago, someone threw a load of barbeque sauce over my car – so…