Be here with the cup In the soapy water Be here with the toaster As it cooks Smelling the aroma of crusty bread Browning Be here with the sights and sounds of nothing more important arising Than dust motes drifting across the room As writers we are trained to panic It is ingrained this thought […]
It’s late I’ve been dreaming And doing Published a second book today It’s called “By the Loo and in the Waiting Room” Because it is intended as a selection of short stories for when a spot of boredom could strike. The paperback is out later in the week but the Kindle should be live here […]
Being a writer An artist A filmmaker A songwriter A sculpter Anything Self made is very difficult You have to combat Self doubt Worthiness You have to defend your creations to others – even if it is silently – in your head, behind shuttered eyes Justify the time that they take To others And to […]
It’s a precious commodity And it leaks And leaks And the days speed up and the nights as well But what are we achieving? So much endless weeding And not seeing the results Because the sowing takes time too And there are so many weeds and they grow over night To do To do To […]
To bend a stick breaks it If pushed too far Everything snaps It’s who we are Real things Are fragile The neck of a bird That flies into glass The necklace I pull in anger And the pot That drops On my clumsy way past Behind all these things And in everything that we do […]
Our minds When allowed to roam free Can be terrible beasts When they turn back on us Caught in a loop of negative thoughts It can feel overwhelming And in such moments we can actually feel our vibration, our energy fading Being sucked into a spiral descending Down Down Crash How to escape? Well this […]
Learning the art of self forgiveness, letting go and moving on
Its a magical time of day. The Hindus call this time Brahmamuhurta, it is a time which is very suitable for meditation as the mind is still and calm. I believe that this is a time just before your mind falls into the regular grooves and ruts of thinking. If you currently wake with the […]
If you are following me on my new Instagram you will wonder about the natural healing with plant oils posts. To cut a long topic short. I’m doing it – doTerra oils. It’s a thing and it works. Since becoming an enthusiast (small brown bottles replacing large Sav Blanc bottles) Inhave read a tonne […]
My yoga practice today was different Different because I actually had one A beautiful one Time stopped And all the hassles That shake their very annoying tambourines from the sidelines of my life Fell silent ————/Usually Even if I commit to a morning dance with my mat I end up thinking about All that other […]
