It’s cold outside. Do you know how I know this? Because I’ve been told. ‘Brrrr, it’s cold out there’ has become the new ‘hello, how are you?’ Waking up to messages in the WhatsApp groups expressing shock at how cold it is this morning. Colleagues at work commenting on the cold, strangers in the streetContinue reading “Baby it’s cold outside”
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Why you should care about Roe V. Wade, even if you don’t live in the US
Why does it bother you so much when it doesn’t even affect you? A question asked to me in response to my views on Roe v. Wade in the US. But it does affect me; it affects all women everywhere because it is, simply put, an attack on women’s rights. It is giving the rightContinue reading “Why you should care about Roe V. Wade, even if you don’t live in the US”
November’s Book of the Month: All My Mothers
I recently read ‘All My Mothers’ by Joanna Glen and it is, without a doubt, one of the best reads that I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying in quite some time. This book explores the different types of love that one can experience, as the main character Eva tries to understand what love is supposedContinue reading “November’s Book of the Month: All My Mothers”
Moving Day
Today is moving day, otherwise known as the most stressful day of the year. The Boy has managed to hurt his knee over the weekend and is somewhat less useful than I’d hoped. I take out a mug from the cabinet. It is plain black, with chips and scratches decorating the edges. Upon the additionContinue reading “Moving Day”
The Pursuit of Happiness
With the arrival of Autumn, comes a string of memories, and a nagging sense of nostalgia. It smells like school, I say to The Boy. The Boy looks at me quizzically. How can something smell like a place? Not a place, I respond. An experience. In what way? I shrug, struggling to put how IContinue reading “The Pursuit of Happiness”
Dog Diaries: Week 4
Here it is. The final week of dogsitting, and, inevitably, the last post in the Dog Diaries series. I, we, made it a whole month. I would like to say that, whilst I am writing this, I am gazing fondly at The Dog, which sits in well-behaved silence next to me. Sadly, this is notContinue reading “Dog Diaries: Week 4”
Dog Diaries: Week 3
“I showered with a tree this morning,” I tell my friend over coffee. She looks at me blankly. “You what?” “A tree,” I repeat. “I shared a shower with a tree.” I continue to be met with a blank stare, so I explain. It seems that, despite meticulously following all of The Owner’s instructions, I’ve managedContinue reading “Dog Diaries: Week 3”
Dog Diaries: Week 2
I turn off my alarm and open my bedroom door, take one step and promptly put my foot into something warm and sticky. I keep my eyes squeezed shut for approximately 20s, before casting my eyes downwards to a pile of bright green goo. Based on the colour and its jelly-like consistency, I’m unable toContinue reading “Dog Diaries: Week 2”
Dog Diaries
It’s currently coming to the end of Day 2/30 of dog-sitting as I write this. I have spent the past couple of days looking after a creature which could narrowly be mistaken for an oversized rodent, specifically an oversized rodent suffering from severe separation anxiety. The Dog is definitely part Chihuahua. Its owner denies this,Continue reading “Dog Diaries”
An Extroversion 