I saw a stoat the other week. It was a fleeting moment, like, mere seconds, but I'm still carrying the magic of it with me. I whispered, 'be safe, friend,' as it threw itself away from the footpath and bounded into the woodland. I said 'be safe' primarily because the stoat was fleeing into woodland… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #30 – My Friend The Stoat
100 Days Of Blogging #29 – It’s Ok Not To Be On Fire
It's been a weird few days. Ill health seems to be the overriding theme of my life at the moment. Yesterday I was told I have IBS, and I've been referred on the two-week rule to see a dermatologist for a mole that's snuck into my life. I'm handling the mole thing surprisingly well. My… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #29 – It’s Ok Not To Be On Fire
100 Days Of Blogging #28 – Hares On The Mountain
I was at a friend’s house in Reykjavik a while back, hanging out and listening to music, when Hares on the Mountain, sung by Shirley Collins in 1964, came on his Spotify. (He has the most exquisite taste in music.) I remember sitting bolt up and shouting, ‘WHO’S THIS?!’ I knew by the second verse that… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #28 – Hares On The Mountain
100 Days Of Blogging #27 – I’m Tired And That’s Ok
I'm tired. So writing something lengthy and comprehensible will not be happening this evening. And I'm ok with that. Or, at least, I'm learning how to be ok with that, with being tired and not on what I consider to be 'top form.' However, I'll be damned if I miss a day from this challenge.… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #27 – I’m Tired And That’s Ok
100 Days Of Blogging #26 – I Have A Thing For The Valkyrie In The Northman
I enjoyed Robert Egger's film The Northman. However, it wasn't my favourite of his, nor my second favourite, to be honest. My favourite is The Witch, followed by The Lighthouse. The Northman was visually spectacular, but the narrative didn't hold me captive in the way I'd imagined it would. The ending is something special though and I massively appreciate… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #26 – I Have A Thing For The Valkyrie In The Northman
365 Days Of Blogging #25 – Snow Day
I had a lot of days off school as a kid because of the snow. We lived in the countryside, and to get to school, we'd have to drive a long, high stretch of moor road, which, in blizzard conditions, was dangerous to navigate. One of the best feelings in the world was waking up… Continue reading 365 Days Of Blogging #25 – Snow Day
100 Days Of Blogging #24 – All The Pretty Little Horses
Whenever I put my daughter to bed, one of the two lullabies she requests is All The Pretty Little Horses. I can't remember if it was sung to me as a child. I'll have to check. Anyway, being a curious so-and-so who's well aware that lullabies, more often than not, have sad or dark origins, I… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #24 – All The Pretty Little Horses
100 Days Of Blogging #23 – I’m Having A ‘It’s Just Not Happening’ Day
You know those days when it's just not happening? I'm having one of those. I feel heavy, tired, and a fraction anxious because I have an MRI tomorrow. I'm also irritated because I had something cool planned for today's post celebrating International Women's Day. But not every day can be glorious, can it? I wanted… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #23 – I’m Having A ‘It’s Just Not Happening’ Day
100 Days Of Blogging #22 – I’m Happy. What’s Changed? Part II
The other day I was writing about being happy and listing some of the things I've been consciously doing every day as acts of self-care and preservation. (If you haven't read that post, I suggest you do that now, then come back here.) I'm still happy, though a bit scattered because my day was derailed… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #22 – I’m Happy. What’s Changed? Part II
100 Days Of Blogging #21 – Nordic Cult Folk (Sindri)
I was supposed to be writing to you with the second half of my post I'm Happy. What's Changed? But I've just spent two and a bit hours finishing up an interview with a literary legend and I'm tired, So it'll have to wait until tomorrow. Instead I'm going to share with you some images… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #21 – Nordic Cult Folk (Sindri)
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 