HIRAETH

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...

What I thought I wanted is not actually what I needed. This strange little lock down and  enforced change of lifestyle has opened my eyes...

or so the song goes by the late John Lennon . What an interesting time it is for us all to navigate our way through. It really hit home...

Well they say that timing is everything. I have been planning the launch of my book The Suitcase now for awhile. Imagining how it would...

I am patiently awaiting the proof copy of my book  The Suitcase which should arrive this week. In the meantime my work desk is sitting...

My mind is in overdrive as I have tossed and turned away the last few nights. You see the recent murder of a woman and her children has...

There is a reason I like to keep my feet firmly planted on terra firma. I can feel the solid ground beneath me , knowing I am safe and ...

Today is Tuesday - simple really. Some may call it New Years eve, the day after Monday, the day they go back to work or have their...

I am thinking of changing my creative pursuits to painting. I really feel like donning myself a brightly sewn smock made from an old...

I feel rather Shakespearean when I utter these words to no one in particular, an ageing actor pacing the stage connecting with their...

There is an art to packing a suitcase for either a weekend getaway or overseas trip and I just never seem to get it right. It is such...

I have been in a reflective mood today. It has been drizzling a beautiful fresh rain for days and this harbours well for days of...