Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from … More
Category: Mindfulness
Remission anniversary ten
The way I found out, just as with my diagnosis, was via a segment of a conversation about other things. … More
Addicted to the news
‘Listening to the cricket again?’ says the book. ‘I think I’ll join you.’ ‘What do you mean, ‘again’?’ I say. … More
Lost notebook
An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More
Goodbye Facebook, it’s been real (?)
Now for the other life. The one without mistakes. –Lou Lipsitz A year ago I found myself not looking at … More
A new poem in support of Mental Health Awareness Week 2015
I am delighted to have a new poem, To Spring, published today at Sarah James’s blog, in With You In … More
I Am Not I
I Am Not I I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not … More
Another look at Tranströmer’s ‘Alone’
I have been thinking a lot recently about Tomas Tranströmer’s poem ‘Alone’. When I first read it I was taken … More