Tag: Poetry

M.E. Awareness Week

.Reading time 14 minutes.
A collage of 3 photos, headshots of the same girl. Photo 1: A girl smiling at the camera, with shoulder length brown hair, wearing a purple t-shirt with white text saying “It’s real, it’s physical, it’s M.E.”. Photo 2: Same girl, sat upright in a chair, wearing orange tinted glasses and a brown top, holding a sign saying “Can you see me now, millions missing, Holly, 23”. Photo 3: same girl in bed in the dark with dark glasses on and an ice pack on her forehead.

This week is M.E. Awareness Week, culminating in M.E. Awareness Day on Sunday, (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/CFS; although, that name feels a bit like calling a flood a ‘chronic puddle’, but that’s a debate for another time). I was going to let it pass by without saying anything. I worry about […]

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Routines of Winter

.Reading time 6 minutes.
Landscape photo of a misty sky over a frosty grass field.

If you’d prefer to listen to this blog post, you’ll find the video at the bottom of this page (it also includes cows munching on their breakfast). I love winter. The crisp, frosty mornings, cosy nights snuggled up in front of the television with the dogs, hearty casseroles and mince pies, fresh out of the […]

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