Small light
Small light
It is beyond dusk,
the fishing boats dot the dark with light,
the waning moon in hidden by long awaited rain clouds
percolating.
I am sniffing my way through up the woodland path
home,
fully feral after days of sea
and tangled
matted hair.
Gate closed,
step one,
then two,
and there it … Read more
Mermaids
Mermaids
From the waves I see them,
Three women, engrossed in each other’s laughter.
They take a selfie,
Arms wrapping each other closely,
Laughing
Heads flung back
Hearts open.
I emerge to the shingle
And cover myself in my pink towel tent
And as I do
they strip,
flinging clothes into a pile
layer after … Read more
Today I swam with a shoal of fish
Today I swam with a shoal of fish
along an English shore.
I paid no attention to the fishermen in their tiny tents
escaping who knows what
or maybe just content to gaze out to sea.
I arrived at dawn across the tiny, glistening circles of crunching stone
and sighed sadly to see the silver… Read more
How I let the pandemic change me – relationship
This is a harder post to write because it involves other people…so I won’t talk much about them. Suffice to say that my long term relationship unravelled as the pandemic progressed and so after a decade I find myself single again in my mid fifties. I am not the only one. 63 percent of all … Read more
Saying ‘No’
Recently a few people have asked me to resurrect this short video on how and why we should get better at saying ‘no’.
If you can’t see the video embedded above, then follow this link to watch it on Youtube
Or you can listen to it on audio/podcast here
Julie
p.s
Living differently 5 – On being an elder
Are you over 50? Did you do your degree for free? Are you looking forward to retirement? Are you financially secure? Then imagine if you could use some of your skills and experiences to support younger people in tackling some of the challenges that our generations have created.
If you can’t see the video embedded … Read more