You can’t eat that!
It’s almost 2 years ago that I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. First of all it was a huge shock, then I was angry and since then I’ve probably been in denial. Generally my diet is very good and I am conscious of not eating too much fat, dairy, sweets, desserts, biscuits etc etc [...]
Having your Cake and eating it – Macmillan and Us
My husband doesn’t really like doing his washing in public, but for me – well I think a trouble shared is a trouble halved, apart from that I love clichés. It’s that horrid “Cancer” word that does it you know, not nice to say it in relation to anyone close to you….you do get used [...]
Sleeping Beauty
SLEEP. We all need it, we all do it and yet for some of us it doesn’t come easy. How I would love to say that I get my 6-7 hours sleep a night, that I wake up refreshed and energised. At the moment I can’t, I don’t and I am feeling YUCK. Sleep is [...]
“Life is queer with its twists and turns as everyone of us sometimes learns ….”
I remember that line from a poem called “Don’t Give Up”. I read it a lot when my marriage was falling apart. And here I am again, almost 8 years later, having moved back to the UK “for now” thinking about the queer twists and turns that life has brought my way. A nervous breakdown [...]
Mermaids
I had my annual mammogram about three weeks’ ago. I’ve been having them for years now – more than I can remember – at least 17 years I think. I started having them because there’s a family history link with breast cancer in my family: my mum developed breast cancer in her thirties and died [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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