A room of one’s own

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  • Two worlds, two faces,

    Two sides. Most days I have to remind myself that everyone has at least two versions to their life- the one that they show and the one they hide.

  • ‘When everybody is special

    Nobody is special.’ Or so says Jon Beckett.

  • The Lost Things

    Remember the book I released via monthly subscription earlier this year? It will be flying into Amazon in January next year for you to purchase and read in its entirety. Keep your eyes peeled. Not long now! What is it about? The Lost Things tells the stories of people who are either lost themselves or…

  • The things that stick

    Do you remember doing Christmas crafts at school? My favourite was drawing a shape with glue then pouring glitter over and shaking the surplus off to reveal a perfect Christmas shape. All at once, mistakes and mess fell away and the best stuck.

  • Are you a worrier,

    Or a warrior? Last night I was trying to encourage my daughter as she faces yet another week of AQE tests in school. Any other year she would be finished, but because of lockdown they have been postponed until after Christmas. It’s horrible. She’s exhausted and more stressed than an eleven year old should ever…

  • We all need

    Something to hold onto.

  • There is no ‘just’.

    I watched a very funny video clip on Friday about ‘just’ changing a light bulb…

  • The older the fiddle

    The sweeter the tune.

  • Neither up nor down

    I feel like we are all living this wretched nursery rhyme at the moment. Levels, graphs, numbers are at the forefront of our minds morning, noon and night.

  • Push against the darkness

    Every year I have an opinion about imperfect Christmas trees, premature decorations, too early celebrations. This year, unpredictably, tragically, everything has changed…