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Continue reading →: 90 years old
Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. We had open house for friends and family. Booze, sushi and canapés were delivered in the morning. My mum was in good form despite recent health scares. It was a chance for me to meet all the lovely friends she has made at a local…
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Continue reading →: Wind speed may vary
Why is it that the day I want to fly there is always some glitch. We got caught out with drones last time. Today it’s strong winds gusting to 50 mph. My son’s lunchtime flight is delayed…the miscreant has gone AWOL…
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Continue reading →: Six Nations
The Six Nations is a great rugby championship and also a way for me to decide which nationality to adopt. With an English father, a Welsh mother and living in Ireland for 19 years, my allegiance is fluid. Currently, I am leaning towards my Welshness, but that might have more…
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Continue reading →: The birthday poem
I’m normally ok with birthday poems. But this one is special. My mother’s 90th is coming up next week. I knocked out a rhyme but it didn’t sound right so I am working on a prose poem. I started with a theme of place. So we begin with the front…
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Continue reading →: How to write a poem
I have just finished a MOOC on poetry writing. I was curious to see if it would steer me away from my very basic rhyming metre that I call my dum-di-dum style. It didn’t, but there were some opportunities for having your work reviewed by fellow writers on the course.…
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Continue reading →: The Rights of Woman
On International Women’s Day, a quick search for famous European feminists led me to Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793). Revolutionary France may have been inspired by the likes of Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau but the freedoms sought were largely intended for the male sex. Thomas Pain set out in the Rights of…
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Continue reading →: Sologamy
Loving yourself can be taken too far in my opinion. It’s not April 1st – I checked. This is actually a thing. Call the caterers, book the wedding venue because you’re getting married…to yourself. The marriage may not be legal, but it’s finding favour with all kinds of people; from…
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Continue reading →: Wellbeing
Wellness is being taken seriously by organisations that may previously have paid lip service to the needs of their employees, team members or people for whom a level of care might be expected. Schools have always put pastoral care at the forefront of their pupils’ learning experience. Universities have expanded…
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Continue reading →: Ash Wednesday
Some years ago I worked as a temp in the office of a large comprehensive school in Belfast. On this day I puzzled at the smudges on some of the teachers’ foreheads. The sign of the cross gave it away eventually, even to a fool like me. I can’t remember…
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Continue reading →: Hello Finland
I have no idea why 41 people in Finland had a look at my nonsense this week, .but I hope they found something of interest. My Muse has been absent for a while, but self-discipline has always been a weakness and serious writing needs commitment. Luckily, my writing lacks seriousness.…
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