I had been tossing and turning for hours on end. Too hot… foot out of the covers, too cold… foot back under the covers. My old friend insomnia had visited again. Hazy eyed and stiff limbed, I climbed out of bed, prepared some chamomile tea and rolled a smoke. Stepping outside I saw that the…
My Diary
Winter Nights
The rain taps on the windows. The wind swirls around the stone. But I am happy and I am cosy, in my beautiful little home.
The Silver Monday
“Smile when your heart is aching, smile even though it’s breaking…” The song that has seen me through many Mondays and the song that inspired this post. We all have bad days from time to time and it is so easy to let the dark corners of our mind take over and distract us from…
Goodbye Proposals, Hello Handbags!
It has been a while since I published a post that was anything like a diary entry, despite having a section specifically called “Diary” on my blog, so, I thought tonight was the perfect time to change that! Tomorrow I begin a new journey within my writing career (I believe I can finally call it…
Let’s Start to Say “So What?”
So what if this is it? I am going to make IT good. If there is no point, great! That means we can do anything we want to and be anyone we want to be.
Start the Day the Best Way
The way we start our day is so important to our overall mood and many of us forget to take a little moment to treat ourselves. Between trying to shake off the morning fog, frantically getting ourselves ready for work or getting the kids ready for school, it can seem impossible to find five minutes of peace to prepare yourself for the busy day ahead. But there are a few different ways that you can help beat the morning blues and make the most out of your morning!
A Letter to Society about Mental Health
Dear anyone who uses the terms "batsh*t", "crazy", "psycho", "mentalist" or any other terms that are tasteless, uneducated, outdated and plain wrong,
Writing Prompt No. 15
WRITING PROMPT:Write about what you learned last winter . . . I have alopecia areata. It kind of sucks. For those of you who don't know what it is, alopecia is simply the medical term given to hair loss. Alopecia areata, totalis and universalis are autoimmune diseases where your own immune system attacks your hair…
Vintage By The Sea
For the last seven years, on the first weekend in September, Morecambe seafront has gone back in time; with its residents dusting off those retro jackets and visitors from all around the UK wearing their very best vintage attire. Classic car owners polish their retro rides and take a drive to the seaside to show…
A Bookish Day Off in Morecambe
Morecambe gets a bad rap for many reasons. It is one of those British seaside towns that was once a grand holiday destination, but when holidays abroad became accessible to the working class, it was quickly forgotten about. Buildings became abandoned, theme parks were left to rot and all that was left of the magnificent…