The word ‘Mum’

The word ‘Mum’

The word 'Mum', which is a noun has somehow become defined only ever as a string of verbs, or at best, adjectives as if, pretty, feisty, tired, hot, could cover it. as if all Mums' are comprised of, is the sum of all the partsof the actions of the repetitions of...

Watermelon friend

Watermelon friend

if at times people and their ways confuse her mind and use all her spoons, she thought for a time,she could consider them as foodshe discovered sweets, for the occasional high, yet the so sweet / too sour is unpredictable, her body tells her she has had too muchshe...

Swans, elephants and egg shells

Swans, elephants and egg shells

I recently attended an event for carers who also work. It could be that folk care for those who are young, or who are elderly or with a long term condition which affects their daily living, whilst at the same time needing to work to make ends meet, yes, and also to be...

nobody

nobody

In water, the body and soul take on other properties. Morphing, moving differently, belonging to no one, having everything belong to you. If only for brief transitory periods of time. But if you can find enough of those times, of being nobody, just a tiny moving...