Tag: reflection
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Seven safe places to hide.
This post has been inspired by a band I’m hooked on at the minute. Austin TX based Urban Heat have been lulling my lugholes on my commute every day. About a month ago, frontman, Jonathan Horstmann, spoke of the way songs transform and reveal additional meaning (watch the Instagram reel here). He was specifically referring…
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As I dance through bluebells.
It’s 3pm on Wednesday. I’m sat in a long, drawn out meeting. My reflection stares back as I try to concentrate on the agenda items. The frown lines in my face prominent and the bags under my eyes weighing heavy onto my cheek bones. Sadness expelled in the weight of heavy sighs. It was only…
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Parenting my feral inner child.
I’ve been partially bed bound and working from home the last few days with awful flu-like symptoms. The ones that make you do those pathetic little moans in pain and remind you that bodies are useless skin bags of brittle bones. It topped off what has been a really tough few weeks. Work has been…
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In closing 2023: a love letter.
To those I love from afar, old friends and new; to my past self and to my future… I will leave this year with the softness you instilled, wrapped in a lasting richness of comfort and warmth. This is a decadence I could never have afforded without you. You gifted dignity in acceptance of my…