
The very short story about holiday eating
A little bite of regret Not now But in a minute Really shouldn’t have eaten that Now I’ve gone and done it Will have to start the diet again Tomorrow…
A little bite of regret Not now But in a minute Really shouldn’t have eaten that Now I’ve gone and done it Will have to start the diet again Tomorrow…
He is small and lean Gun smoke hair Brown legs White Zink cream strip slants sideways Over his nose Bright green rashie shirt And boardies that dangle About his non existent bum He strides like a lion A pacing wolf Into the waves Board aloft Tucked under his arm He smacks it down on the […]
I read extensively. I am interested in health and food in particular so I have read a broad range of books on diet and through years worth of experimenting on myself I have come up with a way of eating that suits me. Which is all a diet should be – something that suits the […]
Hello cellulite Hello little dimple I know your name But I haven’t met this new wrinkle Welcome Welcome to the skin That I live in You’ll have lots of company Look to my thigh There are freckles there And Moles And as you climb higher A stretch mark enfolds Where I’ve lost weight Or gained […]
There are parts of me I don’t want anymore So I’m putting them out on the kerb And leaving them at the door I’m taking out this one That pleases other people Someone may need it Someone may keep her So I’ll leave her just here A crumpled up suit With wine stains on the […]
There is a place in my mind Where I meet you there Every day at 2pm Well not every day anymore Just sometimes Maybe every second day A crack in the chair A crack of light Through blinds Slanting Chanting No more She is gone And I wander about in circles Just for a minute […]
I read a beautiful book yesterday evening by Kerry Egan. It is called On Life. Kerry is a Chaplain who has spent a great deal of time with people in the end stages of their life. The book is about her life experience with the dying but also her own life and the particularly traumatic […]
Today’s post is late. A day late. I’ve been processing. I’ve also been travelling. I am now typing this on my iPad in the early hours of the morning because I can’t sleep. The sound of crashing surf is keeping me alert long after the original impulse for a drink of water caused me to […]