HIRAETH

I have not taken the time to write for such a long time. This chapter of my life is now closing and I am happy to spend my days in the...

I have been doing lots of walking lately as I step into my unbusy life. I walk without any fear through all the familiar back tracks and...

Todays writing prompt is a real challenge. When thinking of the themes in my life do I think of the constants ? Do I consider the threads...

Todays writing prompt - If you had twenty minutes left to live, how would YOU spend that time? This writing prompt is an interesting...

What a strange writing prompt I thought as I pulled out todays random card. There is so many directions I could take this, you have the...

So that would have to be todays writing prompt to one of the most risk averse people around, but it is a good question thou, so time to...

I have been practicing really hard to stop watching the clock. I never realised just how time management focussed I have spent the last...

I wrote this piece in the September of 2016 , one of the many scraps of writing I had at the time that would eventually become my book...

Today is the eighth anniversary of my mum's passing. This day comes with much reflections and sadness, but in all honesty many days are...

It is strange what breaks us in the end, the thing that sends the held back flood gates of tears flowing. It has been a long 20 months for...

It caught my eye in the local newsagent - the beautiful soft leather diary 2022 stamped in gold across the top. It is one of my many...

In creating the new me I discovered I kind of liked the old one - it was safer . Like most people I started the year off with new goals,...

That is what all the new age , self help gurus would tell us . Easier said than done . However it is this years new challenge as I line...

I've been up for hours , since 1.38 a.m to be precise. It is strange the thoughts you have in the midnight hours. For some reason I also...

How is everyone going ? Are we all into lockdown part 3 mode ? What a mad crazy time it is lately. Personally I actually love this...

Days of heart ache, heartbreak and everything in between. Life is certainly for living and yet this wonderful thing called life can...

These last few months I have watched as all I like to control in my life has unravelled , slowly and surely the threads that keep me all...

It seems time to think can lead me down one of two paths - filling the emotional suitcase or emptying the baggage. It really is the...

Update your phone they said, its easy....... Apparently you just press this button and then a cloud does all the work. Well that is not...

There is so much work, adrenaline , build up and emotional effort involved over the years it takes to write a book and then ultimately...