Starting over

• 2020 and the C word 3 years ago  I've never been a fan of the C word.  I can (and do!) swear like a navvy, particularly because I'm still recovering from eight years in a country where profanity is often the key descriptor in any given sentence, but the C word just doesn't work for me.  I'm of the opinion that a lady's private...
• Day 5 7 years ago Day 5.If you focus on the spacesThe fleeting negatives that formIn vibrant swathes of swaying positivityFind the imperceptible silence In thudding base line and insistent chorus hookLow down among discarded and abandoned glasses Examine the uneasy darkened corners Eclipsed by all the bright and...
• The Fire of Feeling 7 years ago Currently participating in Joanne Fedler's 7 Day Writing Challenge. This is day four's work.This new reality forces its way unbidden into the crevices of my humdrum. Each morning, for one blissful second, I open my eyes and see the purest white light streaming hopefully through the open...
• That time we overstayed our welcome. 7 years ago Ahh Australia.First you took our money.Then you took our health.And now.Now, after six years of struggling like unwanted guests pressing our noses against the windows of a fabulous house that we just weren't quite 'good' enough to step inside, now, when we are finally on the road to relative...
• Stories from the Office 8 years ago If you're a female in today's workforce, the chances are you've struggled to select a work outfit at least once in your career. With a myriad invisible threads dividing comfort and class, fashionable and professional, sometimes there can be confusion around the image you're required to project...

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