Two worlds
We are walking.
We both see a dead rabbit in the road.
I exclaim and want to move it,
you step in first.
You step in
and kick it to the kerb,
I hurt.
You pick it up by the tale,
fingers protected in a plastic bag,
and let the dogs sniff it… Read more
When a child leaves home
Here are my boys,
walking away,
in their own world
of words I do not understand.
Where I used to lead,
I follow,
whistful, watching,
distanced from the world they march into.
Then the eldest carries on walking,
until he leaves home
and
I am left floating in rivers
crying,
empty
adrift
alone.… Read more
Rabbit poo
Last year during the first lock down in particular, it became 100% clear to me that I needed to change, and was changing how I lived in order to do my very small part to support nature with the major changes it and we are facing.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the face … Read more
Climate Emergency – a call for elders to support future generations
We have known since the 80s that climate change was in need of our attention and yet, we have either ignored it or tinkered around the edges of the massive changes that need to be made. As mothers and elders we have weathered storms and even in our imperfections, we have wisdom and experience to … Read more
Power, influence and control
The only thing that ever changed everything was a small group of people who connected to create a movement. We can draw on each other to create a positive outcome for the climate tipping point we are now at. Here’s how you can leverage your individual and our collective power to bring about the changes … Read more
Hope
This strawberry plant
reaching across grey, cold concrete
gives me hope.
Feelings its way to moisture,
a place to root
in fecund
deepness,
a place to
swell in a juicy
sweetness
of shining
brightness.
Trapped in deadly plastic
it reaches beyond its confines
for freedom,
stretching its cramped limbs
for space,
and blooming.… Read more