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Mothers Day4 Comments

Other Mothers and the Kindness of Spring – Short Fiction for Mothers Day

06/03/2016 20angel13

The narrow blades knifing through earth showed no hint of bloom. Carly watched them, remembering the promise on the pack, Plant now, blooms for  Mothers Day. She watered the pot before school,  all anxious-eyed and pajama-ed, curtain of hair swinging onto cheeks … Continue reading Other Mothers and the Kindness of Spring – Short Fiction for Mothers Day

Simplicity8 Comments

Tea and Other Transforming Things

16/01/2016 20angel13

I refuse to believe you get fussier as you get older  more experienced (we’ve banned the “o” word in our house due to occasional bouts of melancholy). I mean it’s true that answering the question, “Can I get you a cup of … Continue reading Tea and Other Transforming Things

Change, New Year8 Comments

Happy Old Year and the Little Painted House

28/12/2015 20angel13

At what point do you stop saying Happy Christmas and start saying Happy New Year? I’m never quite sure. After all, the Twelve Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day so perhaps we shouldn’t say Happy New Year until 5th … Continue reading Happy Old Year and the Little Painted House

Change, Hope, Rest6 Comments

Empty nests and the unnecessary use of signage

29/09/2015 20angel13

I stare at the sign in amusement. Let’s all get home safely? What’s that all about? I know I don’t get out much and I haven’t, thankfully, been on the M1 for a while, but have I missed a sea change in … Continue reading Empty nests and the unnecessary use of signage

Ageing, Hope, Life14 Comments

How to Age and the Joy of Nasal Flushing

18/01/2015 20angel13

I’m trying to decide how to age. Not on the outside – I have little choice about that and am coming to terms with veiny hands and neck wrinkles like the skin of a T Rex – but on the … Continue reading How to Age and the Joy of Nasal Flushing

Christmas, Hope, Life12 Comments

Advent, sheep and a kiss from a stranger

05/12/201405/12/2014 20angel13

It’s been a strange week. I’m on my way home from work after what is called a challenging day. It’s a fitting end really; that is to say, there is darkness, traffic, and rain-galloping cats and dogs. And the lower lid … Continue reading Advent, sheep and a kiss from a stranger

Uncategorized14 Comments

The Olive Tree

19/10/201430/08/2015 20angel13

When it was all over, she resigned her job, packed a case and flew to Montpellier. It was strange really. While it was all unravelling – thirty years of careful working life – she knew, at the end of it, … Continue reading The Olive Tree

Life8 Comments

There are so Many Ways to Die!

01/01/201403/01/2014 20angel13

The older I get, the more people I meet and the more often I go on London trains and have direct, unintentional access to The London Evening Standard, the more I realise that there are so many ways to die. … Continue reading There are so Many Ways to Die!

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