I’ve loved taking part in my Creative Coping Strategies campaign by using Weird Words, Crap Poems and Haiku Hope to show you all how silly, random and fun creativity can be. But all of these projects have focussed on writing, when sometimes I want to spend time drawing with my best friend – my iPad.Continue reading “Instagram #DTIYS Challenges”
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Flash Fiction WINNER 🏆🏆
Yes, friend, you read that title completely correctly. Don’t clean those lenses, don’t wipe your phone screen with your sleeve, DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SETS! I WON! For this WINNING 🏆🎈🎈entry I was taking part in the famous Tortive Theatre Flash Fiction 101 competition. Yes, I have entered it many times before and mentioned myContinue reading “Flash Fiction WINNER 🏆🏆”
Bad Habits
Unlike Ed Sheeran, my bad habits never lead to conversations with a stranger I barely know… I can’t remember the last time that happened. But he was spot on when he talked about ‘wide eyes staring to space’ and ‘late nights endin’ alone’. If you remove any human interaction then Ed’s ‘Bad Habits’ form aContinue reading “Bad Habits”
Haiku Hope Part 5 – The weight of a biscuit
Welcome back to Haiku Hope. For part 5 I wanted to write a short (hopefully humerous) Haiku about my bad eating habits. I recently wrote a blog post about habitual behaviour that I use daily that might seem weird to the outside world, but to me is completely normal (necessary, actually). So this Haiku cameContinue reading “Haiku Hope Part 5 – The weight of a biscuit”
Crap Poems Part 6 – Sleep
Welcome to another Crap Poem. This time I’ve chose to do another rhyme about my lifetimes journey through sleep and what often happens when I’m awake at night and in pain. I even wrote it during a sleepless night, for added authenticity! Sleep is such an important aspect of rest and repair for every livingContinue reading “Crap Poems Part 6 – Sleep”
New pages, new direction…
I’ve been keeping busy lately, mostly as a woman being propped up by multiple opioids in order to manage my pain. That makes it even more difficult for me to write – I’m either crying because of the stiffness in my pelvis or sleepy beyond belief because morphine and codiene combined make a one wayContinue reading “New pages, new direction…”
Haiku Hope part 4 – being busy
Welcome back to another Haiku Hope. This time, part 4, I’ve written a haiku about yesterday, a day that proved to be far busier than was planned. My phone rang maybe 6 or 7 times and emails were pinging constantly. Unfortunately, our daughter had an accident at school and the resulting stress and message levelContinue reading “Haiku Hope part 4 – being busy”
Learning… 📚 👓
Twenty years ago I probably thought that education was finally a pastime that I could let go of. I hated school and only had negative memories of my time there. Looking back I think I had other things distracting me from what was truly important and despite my mums desperate pleas for me to keepContinue reading “Learning… 📚 👓”
Crap poems part 5 – Education
We’re going through a big learning curve in this house. My partner is in some important training with his job, our daughter is now at school and at the ripe old age of 41, I’m nearing then end of my degree. If you’d have asked me at 16 if futher education was in my futureContinue reading “Crap poems part 5 – Education”
The reality of reality TV
Oh yes. It’s that time of year again…the sun is (partially) out, smock dresses and flip flops are impossible to obtain and the freezer is overflowing with Calippos. All of this is a surefire sign of the good news we wait for every June… Love Island. Ok, so lets be clear, I don’t watch thisContinue reading “The reality of reality TV”
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