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
Tag: Wyrd Words & Effigies
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)
100 Days Of Blogging #20 – I’m Happy. What’s Changed? Part I
I'm feeling happy today. I've been feeling, on the whole, happy all week. There's been a genuine shift in my psyche, and for the first time in my life, I concentrated on putting my health and well-being first so I could begin tracking down the happiness that's been eluding me. You may be under the… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #20 – I’m Happy. What’s Changed? Part I
100 Days Of Blogging #19 – Looking Through My Diary From 2009
My mum has found boxes of my old diaries in her loft. My first thought when she told me was 'I hope to fuck she hasn't flicked through them...I'll be MORTIFIED if she has.' One of the two she handed me today was from my second year at university in 2009 when I'd just had… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #19 – Looking Through My Diary From 2009
100 Days Of Blogging #18 – Four Things I’m Grateful For Today
My daughter Saga (4) stroked my hair and kissed my forehead when I lay on the sofa, bone-tired and with a stomach ache. Visiting my mum and finding she'd bought soya milk for me to have with my tea. (I haven't had cow's milk in a long while, and even the smell these days is… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #18 – Four Things I’m Grateful For Today
100 Days Of Blogging #17 – World Book Day Was Always Disappointing When I Was A Kid
I remember being so excited about World Book Day as a kid. At school we would all get a book token worth one pound, which we could take to a local bookshop and exchange for a book which had, if I remember correctly, been written especially for the event. The books were always shit, year… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #17 – World Book Day Was Always Disappointing When I Was A Kid
100 Days Of Blogging #16 – Hlyd Monath
The Anglo-Saxons called March 'Hlyd Monarth', which means 'loud' or 'stormy month.' And I can confirm that March, 1,600 years later, continues to be stormy. The rain didn't stop all day, and the clouds were some of the most ominous I've ever seen, but I had this unusual lightness about myself. I'm looking forward to… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #16 – Hlyd Monath
100 Days Of Blogging #15 – The Last Day Of Winter
I've only just realised that it's the last day of winter. That isn't like me. That isn't like me at all. Usually, I'm counting down the days with dread, wishing the cold season would just hang on and then some. But this winter has left me confused, worried and upset. I don't know what to… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #15 – The Last Day Of Winter
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 