When your marriage falls apart, the wide crevasse you fall into can be difficult to climb out of. The marriage held you together in a way that society smiles on and supports even if it was not a good one. Suddenly you are thrust into the great unknown without a map or a plan. Many, if not all, … [Read more...]
growing pains
One night when you go, as you always have and always will, in to check on your children while they sleep, to admire your best work , your heart stops. Their bodies go on forever, maybe a huge foot is hanging over the side for cool air, they may look beautiful one night, and a little … [Read more...]
what are the chances ?
What are the chances that you could do it all yourself ?What are the chances that you could own your own business and make it fly and love it so much you find it hard to call it 'work'?What are the chances that you could like yourself more and more with each passing year?What are the … [Read more...]
gotta lose ten years by tomorrow night
I am going to a University reunion tomorrow night of a number of years I find baffling. Five years ago we had one and I was a married brunette. Things have changed a little on both fronts.When you are married anything goes because you are with whatshisface- when you are divorced you must not look … [Read more...]
size matters
I heard bumping and thumping at my front door the other night. A hard knock at the door followed. My body was frozen with exhaustion and I thought-if it is a friend in need they will really bang at the door and if it is someone to murder me- well then at least I won't have to get up to … [Read more...]
525,600 minutes
Five Hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred moments so dear. How do you measure a year?In daylights, in sunset, in midnights, in cups of coffee; in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife? How do you measure a year in the life? How about … [Read more...]
nowhere to sit-piss me off part 2
As I said in a previous post, I am a cheerful girl but can only take so much. My house resembles a set for The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It is under construction.Don't come over for tea, a glass of wine or a cup of coffee because there is nowhere to sit. Here are the choicesbut wait there … [Read more...]
hey, weight up!
This post is likely going to cause some conflict. I want to talk about weight. Actually I have much better things to talk about and so do you but everyone I have seen the month of September has wanted to discuss it.Summer is a killer. It can feel too hot to move as quickly as we do the other … [Read more...]
Magellan, Shakleton and Joe Blow
David Duchovny and Tea Leoni named their child Kyd. Smoking crack and baby naming should not be paired.Michael Jackson named his first child Prince and his second child Prince Michael II. Later when this was no longer strange enough for Peter Pan, he nicknamed II, Blanket.As sibling rivalry goes … [Read more...]
piss me off
Every now and then even the most cheerfull of us has to vent. I am going to create a series of touching tales I will call "piss me off". With any luck I won't have too much material.Last week I picked out 5 coffee cups and three poo poo bags out of my garden waste bin just to find more … [Read more...]