Category: Wonderings
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Going to Get My Head Shrunk
Though the NHS has really done a very nice job of keeping me alive and relatively sane, it couldn’t give me any kind of counselling beyond internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. As I’ve said before, I find CBT very easy to game – a nasty drive of mine – and therefore nearly useless. Tonight, I begin…
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The Stones
Human-manipulated stones have always held a huge fascination for me. The Moai placed on Easter Island by the Rapa Nui. The immense pyramids constructed by ancient engineers. The mysteriously out-of-place bluestones of Stonehenge. I finally got a look at Stonehenge yesterday. It’s a site I’ve been hungrily learning about for most of my life, seizing on…
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In the Hiddenness of June
The rain fell in shivering cords Ropes of sky plummeting straight down The way only summer rain really does The air felt close, protective Like the jungle warmth was on our side June’s hiddenness draped a damp arm around us and wept
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Summer Firsts
Voted in a referendum Co-wrote a film script Bought a pair of £250 shoes Went on a gal pal mini break Ate a meal in a vegetarian restaurant Went to a protest Hosted a dinner party – or what began as a dinner party and turned into a Party Cleared out my house PROPERLY – shoes…
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The Thrill of the Vote
I know very well that our democracy is flawed. I know it. I know we mainly cling to the illusion of choice and voice. I know. But still, every time I vote, I feel this charge of electricity, alive. It’s the one time I think we stop to consider the other people in this country;…
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