365 photos – Page 2

Criminate – 100 words

January 11, 2024 By Ellen

Criminate Gender pay gap – maternity leave, child care, leaves office on the dot Gender sleep gap – gestational hip pain, night feeds, unruly concerns Gender glee gap – don’t wake baby, it’s a school night, mental load Gender dream gap – not this promotion, don’t be selfish, after they’ve left Gender love gap – […]

Warning – 100 words

January 11, 2024 By Ellen

Warning There in the mud, the first snowdrop of the season. And, yes, glove in teeth, I make the dog sit so I can photograph it. Look at this. #springiscoming. Only it isn’t true. I have learned that this little dancer with her blue-green skirt is only here to fool me, for sport. Come on, […]

Let me tell you this – 100 words

January 4, 2024 By Ellen

Let me tell you this There were times when I knew what to say, which shirt to wear, how to be. Just knew. Answers bloomed like daffs in spring. People saw a woman proficient, in charge – and I was, back then. But I had forgotten that all of these things are like tide – […]

Find inspiration, she said – 100 words

January 2, 2024 By Ellen

Find inspiration, she said Hello! I don’t know what you look like. I’m over here. I can’t see you. Give me a sign. There. Did you get it? No, only a leaf tumbling, and some scampering. That was me. Show yourself. Are you a squirrel? No. Or only sometimes, then I’m a bird, or a […]

Day One – 100 words

January 1, 2024 By Ellen

Day One You have arrived, inevitable as hunger. A stranger with a suitcase of mysteries, neatly folded. But we aren’t friends. Yet… Does it matter if my welcome is cool? Or my star-lit arms opened with fanfare? Will you execute a plan, detailed and deliberate, or will cruel whimsy buffet me? Must I barter with […]

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