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River Prayer

If she prayed to the river, would that mean that she had finally gone crazy? She wasn’t sure. She wasn’t…

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28 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

Here in Heaven

What surprised her, once she finally got there, was how well suicides were treated. None of this “coward’s way out”…

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21 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

Cruising in 12 Lines

I’m going to take a cruise and leave the past behind ~ I’m dreaming of the sunshine, relaxation’s on my…

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3 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

Tears and Fears

I fear the morning and the night I fear the darkness and the light I fear both strangers and old…

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9 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

What Happened Next

Looking back, the pea was just the start of the problem. And no number of mattresses was ever going to…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0
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The Slip

He was getting by, managing. He was. Only last month he made it to the shop and back without falling.…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Kitchens and Creels

Every kitchen needs a creel. You know, slats of wood on a pulley that you hang the washing on to…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

The Safe Place

When she had to recreate her life she did a “smash and grab” in Dunhelm Mills. She bought new pillows, a duvet,…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Feet Speak

We are what you might call the determined type of feet. We march her into trouble, we hold her up…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Peas

That pea is digging in my back. Take it back! Take it back! I don’t want it back, it’s yours…

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1 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

The End

I was once in an audience who were asked, “What makes someone resilient? Where does resilience come from?” I said…

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6 Feb 2017 Comments: 0

That Woman (And So Much More)

I’m not that woman anymore, that crumpled heap on Man A’s floor, whose flowers and leaves and very roots he…

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14 Jan 2017 Comments: 0

Self-Medication (My Father’s Footsteps)

No drugs shall keep my spirit down, and just because I wear a frown and shout and bawl and cuss…

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14 Jan 2017 Comments: 0

Upcycled

Grandpop was textiles, discovered polymer something fancy. He was shoddy, he was deaf. That’s why we all speak LOUD. Mum…

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15 Nov 2016 Comments: 0

Mirror therapy

I want to share a magic trick with you. It is called Mirror Therapy and I learnt it a few…

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11 Nov 2016 Comments: 0
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