forgetting

What? – 100 words

November 6, 2023 By Ellen

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 […]

Warning for the young – 100 words

April 30, 2023 By Ellen

Warning for the young Your hippocampus is grey and small and shaped like a seahorse (apparently) an insignificant brain blob but do not make the mistake of taking it for granted while it’s ever so easy to stuff with song lyrics, boyfriend biographies and bins out on a Wednesday for Thursday collection beware there […]

Is anyone else losing their marbles?

October 1, 2017 By Ellen

Sometimes I find that I have dropped not just the ball, but the rest of the equipment and most of my clothes. I don’t want to make a drama about it, but it does seem to have been particularly theatre-related this year. First there was the time that Boy Two and I headed off into […]

I’d rule the world, if I could remember where I put the instructions

April 28, 2017 By Ellen

What is it? That thing. The important thing, that I have to do today, before it’s too late. A writing thing, or… I know. An email. That’s it. I’ll have sent myself a message. I do that sometimes when it’s vital The Thing doesn’t slip the net. Because I know I read all of the […]