Category: musings

10 days. 3 hits. to my beautiful dead family

It made a change to have a Christmas card making session at the Write Out Loud and I wasn’t initially too fussed about it. I felt like I would’ve preferred to be writing but unexpectedly it gave me a pleasant surprise, and that was the conversations that took place between us that just wouldn’t have… Continue reading 10 days. 3 hits. to my beautiful dead family

write out loud

I’ve recently joined a bereavement writing group. Each week part of the session is spent writing in silence for 20 minutes thoughts feelings  and sometimes tears penned onto paper, all initiated by a prompt. I thought I might share what I wrote two weeks ago What has Write Out Loud done for me?  As I… Continue reading write out loud

the challenges of a writer’s retreat

Sunday 1st DecemberI woke up this morning around 7am. I was hoping to sleep later considering I was back in the familiar marshmallow that is my own bed. Thinking that perhaps 7am was just my body’s preference for starting the day I consigned myself to accepting the fact. Snuggled within my warm feather duvet I… Continue reading the challenges of a writer’s retreat

I do have dreams!

I dream of meeting my half sister. Isn’t that mad! I have a half sister! She’s my sibling, I’m not an only child, as I always kinda thought I was, must be, after Mark died. But no, I have a half sister. I’ve known about her all my life, met her even when we were… Continue reading I do have dreams!

you see I have this repetitive call inside of me to map

It may be absolutely wet and wild out there, kinda batten down the hatches type of weather but I feel so excited and so ready for this day, a day that has been in the planning for months now. You see I’m about to begin a two week self-directed artist residency based in Pimlico, London,… Continue reading you see I have this repetitive call inside of me to map

a story of reconnecting with my inner child

For as long as I can remember I’ve been carrying around with me this invisible wall that I seem to be perfected in the art of erecting, right in my path, anytime I get too close to the wire in sharing my artwork. You might think that sounds absurd considering there’s a lot of it… Continue reading a story of reconnecting with my inner child

do you believe in synchronicity?

I do. It happens to me all the time. Take my teddy for instance, well, it was my brother’s when he was little actually. Anyhow, on Wednesday this week I decided to bring it back from Spain with me and look after it a bit better than I had been. I also wanted to get… Continue reading do you believe in synchronicity?

feeling pluff

Have you ever had one of those days when you wake up and just feel a bit pluff? You can’t quite put your finger on it, maybe it was the dream you had, chaotic, busy, feeling a bit left behind, excluded. But you wake up to some lovely thoughtful messages from a friend, including a… Continue reading feeling pluff

have you ever gone full circle

and suddenly had that lightbulb moment? That moment when it all falls into place and you go ‘ooh, of course! When it all comes together, those little threads of information that create the whole picture. Well I had one of those moments today. A coming together of little nuggets; from reading books on healing, to… Continue reading have you ever gone full circle