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Personal

Forced

A friend and I were wildly excited about the hyacinth bulbs we ordered online. She planted hers one week before

Fierce

I am blessed with fierce friends.  Friends who stick, who defend, who snarl. Wolves and a couple of wolverines. Female mostly but

Hubris

It will not leave us unscathed, I’d said to someone just yesterday. Why should it? Are we special? This morning

Lost

Why do we say we have lost someone when they die or kill themselves? Where did we lose them? At

Absence of Pain

A chance comment at the physiotherapist lead to three  sessions of deep tissue massage with a trained therapist last month.

Trauma

People find love in the blink of an eye. Religion in a burning bush. A higher calling at the crossroads

Exhaustion

1 January 2021: The street dogs have set up a commotion tonight. It’s New Year and paradoxically, the quietest night

Rock

A memory hits me today: obsessions were common occurrences in my family – pineapple upside down cake, leather clothes, and

Mask

The whole world is divided over this innocuous little scrap, of cloth or plastic or some space age material, its

Comfort

I dreamt of cooking last night. Cooking a meal in my kitchen for an old friend. A friend who nowadays