New year: new you. What’s wrong with the old me, the current me? The me that hurt, and worked on it, and fell apart. Put back together. Kept going. Achieved the things that, with your try-harder, get-better whip cracking, you want me to leave behind. In the old year, like the broken bauble and the […]
Light Show – 100 words
Light Show They’re putting up the town decorations again – a giant gift, angel and stars all folded on the lorry. 45 days to go and the twinkling of jingles and holly is already scratchy. All I Want For Christmas is not to hear this song every time I prowl the aisles. The men […]
What? – 100 words
What? I have my best ideas on the move – in the car, the forest path, the check-out queue. I often tie a knot in the thought and let it cling like a burr where the very importance of it scratches my brain though I never keep a note of little details like what […]
5th November – 100 words
5th November Scorching faces, freezing bums. The Gunpowder Plot 1605. An effigy in your old jumper writhes and tumbles into the orange where ghosts of older blazes tangle in the smoke. As you gather half-hot and brave against the shadows, invisible eyes are watching from the inky chill. The darkness behind you is so […]
4 Reasons To Get In The Kitchen with Kids and Cook!
Cooking is one of the best skills you can teach your children, and having them help out in the kitchen in any way can support healthy development and give them valuable life skills as they grow up. Cooking can help you incorporate many different skills and assist with their development in many different […]
Tips For Getting A Good Night’s Sleep
If you’re walking around exhausted every day and feeling like you are walking with your head in the clouds it’s probably because you’re not getting enough. Sleep allows you to function properly and when you’re not getting enough of it, it won’t be long before your body starts rebelling against you. This rebellion can […]
Beastie time of year – 100 words
Beastie time of year there’s a hard-winged moth clattering in my lamp shade windowsill mortuaries attended by flies on their backs buzzing grief spiders the size of your hand skulk malevolent as a daddy long legs dances by carelessly dropping a limb to the floor – after all, it has plenty to spare mysterious […]
Where’s that? – 100 words
Where’s that? Indian Summer Indian giver Bermuda shorts Glasgow kiss Chinese whispers Not for all the tea in China Chinese Burn Dutch courage Going Dutch Dutch uncle Double Dutch Road to Damascus New York minute French kiss French letter French knickers French onion French horn Sent to Coventry Brussels sprout Coals to Newcastle German […]