Sunday morning grey

5th Dec 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

This morning was so dull and grey. I felt compelled to document my morning, capturing some of the minutiae of my domestic life in all its glorious greyness. No glamour.

the cat

18th Nov 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

her yellow eyes
lined black
half-closed
glistening

Starlings in November

15th Nov 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I hadn’t noticed the starlings until the moment
they suddenly fall silent

‘She is the wild’ book launch

14th Nov 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Friday evening was a first for me. My first ever book launch! My friend Sally and I had discovered the perfect venue – a beautiful yurt near Canterbury called ‘The Quiet View’. Lizzie and John were perfect hosts, having set up the room in a beautiful circle – I immediately felt my nerves settle when […]

Nourish

2nd Nov 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

the trees are letting go their leaves nowscattered offeringsmyriad gifts of foodin delicious hues tomato, tangerine, limesaffron, honey, nut butter peppering the groundwith fallen lightharvest festivalreturned to earth. (Images taken at edibleculture, Faversham)

I am a library

27th Oct 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I am a library;
there are millions of voices
and stories inside of me
written in code
in every cell

La chispa

22nd Oct 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s 5.30am and inexplicably

I am awake

I yield to the conscious realm

put on my cosy clothes

make a fire

cup of tea

My first poetry collection in print

21st Oct 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I debated for a while whether to self-publish or play the traditional game of submitting work to publishers, but I’m too impatient for that. Plus I have friends who were waiting for me to put together a collection… so hell, I just did it. Being a graphic designer meant that laying out a book wasn’t […]