I struggle with sensory overload a lot. I guess I’ve always been a quiet person. I know that’s okay. We don’t all have to be loud and chatty. But it means I find loud noises challenging, overwhelming, exhausting. It includes items like fireworks, sirens, airports, funfairs, and smaller items like the noises self-service checkouts make,… Continue reading The Fire Alarm
Category: Creative Non Fiction
Its World Sight Day, and I’m okay
Today is World Sight Day, and I’m okay. Last year, I did a piece about me and my sight condition, and the things I struggle with. But not much has changed. The only things have been the night vision that has steadily got worse, and how people’s faces are becoming harder to make out. Other… Continue reading Its World Sight Day, and I’m okay
World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day, and its a good day. I slept really well, with a new bedtime routine I’ve started which has been helping. I had a great weekend, practicing music for the new term of wind band, relaxing in nature for lunch with my boyfriend, and doing some writing too. I feel… Continue reading World Mental Health Day
Loving Amsterdam
I’ve been wanting to go to Amsterdam for a while. Perhaps its the Scandinavian and Norse in me, that has been called to it. My boyfriend has family from the Netherlands, so after he finally got a new passport, we booked a trip there. And I loved it. It was a wonderful time, and I… Continue reading Loving Amsterdam
The Prescription Battle
Feel like a weights been lifted off me. Sorry if its a long read, need to get it out my system. Its been something that’s taken the whole of September to sort, caused depression and sleep deprivation, and I’m still trying to recover. So we had to change doctors recently as the catchment area changed,… Continue reading The Prescription Battle
The Sandman
I really enjoyed The Sandman, on Netflix. It was definitely one of my favourite shows from this year. I knew I would. Its Neil Gaiman. I love Neil Gaiman. He’s one of the authors I admire, with his wonderful writing, beautiful descriptions, excellent characters and brilliant ideas. He’s someone I look up to, that I… Continue reading The Sandman
The Wind Band Tour Wrap Up
I had been looking forward to our wind band tour for ages. It was supposed to be in 2020, to celebrate our 25th anniversary (it always freaks me out that the band is older than me). But it got cancelled, obviously. We were thinking of doing it in 2021. But that year we had like… Continue reading The Wind Band Tour Wrap Up
A Year in Employment
Tuesday marked a whole year since I started working at Thomas Pocklington Trust. It seems so strange. Partly that time has gone so fast and partly because I only signed up to do three months at the beginning. But people loved what I was doing, so my role kept being extended. And now here we… Continue reading A Year in Employment
A New Novella?
I’m considering starting to write another novella. Have I finished the second draft of my current one? Nope. But I got inspired by the flash fiction festival. There was this Prose Poetry session, about putting mythological creatures in odd locations, around a life experience and it sparked something. I wrote one piece about the visual… Continue reading A New Novella?
The Stonehenge Adventure
Last Friday, I went to Stonehenge. Its something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I love mythology, and always thought the stones seemed magical and mystical. I knew I was going to be nearby in Bristol for the Flash Fiction Festival, so I booked a ticket a few months back. And I was… Continue reading The Stonehenge Adventure