Lets be clear here
Visiting the dentist yet again (long story) this week got me really thinking a lot about face masks. I have grown to dislike them immensely over the last weeks, but not for the reasons you might think. It’s not that I dislike wearing them personally; I will more than happily ...
The Sound Collector
A stranger called this morning, dressed all in black and grey. Put every sound into a bag, and carried them away. The whistling of the kettle, the turning of the lock. The purring of the kitten, the ticking of the clock. The popping of the toaster, the crunching of the ...
The new normal?
11 weeks into lockdown and I think I have been managing to hold it all together for the most part. However this week has been hard. I don’t know, perhaps having had a pretty good week with the ginger one – and very few arguments and tension between the small ...
If you can’t say nuffin’ nice…
My mini ginger ninja suffers from anxiety which the current pandemic has most certainly done nothing to improve. We haven’t been out of the house in weeks; at the beginning, he grudgingly accompanied us on our daily walk, but now even that has dwindled. He feels safe indoors, and in ...
Do not adjust your television set…
Day 264573 of lockdown. Actually, I am not even sure what day it is to be honest, but I am however, convinced that I have entered the Twilight Zone. Firstly, my eldest who is rarely out of bed by noon, brings me a cup of tea. IN BED. Without even ...