It was a Friday afternoon in the UK when the news broke. In the US, the supreme court had overturned the Roe v Wade case, which granted women the right to terminate a pregnancy. This is expected to lead to several states banning abortions. Women in those states will have to travel to seek reproductive healthcare or they may be forced to continue with unwanted pregnancies. Impoverished … Continue reading Our bodies and our choices
I’m sitting here trying to motivate myself to do something with the day. ‘Only boring people are bored’ said my friend’s mum, when we were lounging about during the school holidays. The words live on in my brain. Sometimes I’d shut my eyes and try to imagine the universe in the strange shapes forming against the darkness. Stillness, mindfulness, meditation. All things that came naturally as a child but take practice and dedication as an adult. Continue reading On Saturdays we procrastinate
An update on travelling to Italy, enjoying time off and my Dad making an unexpected foray into local politics. Continue reading Changing views
Reflecting on getting covid on a work trip and things not going to plan Continue reading Not the way I expected
About the assumptions made that a man must be part of your household, especially when trying to sort out home repairs. Continue reading Ain’t you got a fella then?
Recent events, a lot of life disruption, the frustrating process of home insurance and fighting my way through dystopian visions
Continue reading Dystopian inconvenience
Reflecting on birthday celebrations, my love of tea, a tentative return to travel and being the world’s least elegant user of slides. Continue reading I saw the lights
I’ve been wrestling with the thought of my upcoming birthday for the last couple of years. It was a warning sign or a deep ravine up ahead of me in the distance. Midlife crisis is a term we use in jest, but I think it might be real and it’s not fun! It’s not like I want to buy a sports car, if that were … Continue reading End of an era
I write about the body and my relationship to it often. It’s something I feel changing over the years, as life happens. During the pandemic our bodies felt like machines to exercise and precious goods to protect. There was a battle between physical and mental health, where keeping ourselves safe came at a cost to our social connections. Friendships shifted and are still reconfiguring. I … Continue reading Healing
I’m looking at a vision board I created 2-3 years ago and reviewing what I put on it. This post is also about goals and planning more broadly, and not quite knowing what to do next. Continue reading Goals
