Monthly Archives: February 2016

Taken.

By | February 23rd, 2016|Categories: me stuff|Tags: |

For Therese, my neighbour and friend. Taken by cancer. When I touch you, I touch death’s intention. It whittles you down until You’re too fragile to touch. I keep a distance; it’s all too much. Next time I see you I make no such mistake. I hold [...]

My First Draft

By | February 8th, 2016|Categories: me stuff|

Here I sit in awe of me. Words fall from my amazing brain straight onto the page in sentences that sing and leap. There is no doubt My First Draft is whole and complete. I love me. And I love my writing. I sleep in deep peace. Certain, success is mine. Tomorrow, [...]

a bit more of my #positiveproseproject

By | February 7th, 2016|Categories: me stuff|Tags: , |

All it took was an idea in the night, and he was able to breathe more deeply than he had in a long long while. Like being released from a spell: the fog over his brain dissolved and he relaxed in the cool clean rinse of clarity. It was easy to make [...]

The little buggers just won’t die!

By | February 5th, 2016|Categories: me stuff|Tags: , , |

Yep, it's already February. 5 days in! It's going to be a busy year. Hence the new year's resolution to plan. The first plan was made, spit-and-palm sealed, recurring alarms set: we were to go to bed by 10pm, wake at 5am, meditate until 5:30am, and then work until the kids wake up [...]