Morrigan’s travel beads… 21st October 2019

The Celtic woman's safety chain...when far from home... So I have done it. Finally left the island and headed off into the wide blue yonder that is UAE. Well, its been a long old wait! Follow this link to see the build up to today's eventual leaving of the shores if you want to know …

Making that move…

Apologising profusely to your old apartment cos you already left it. Possibly weeks ago in your mind! Addressing it by its number - 516 - sorry, 516 but I am staying here with my newbie tonight 🙂 Hi new abode and wide open space ☀ Moving today has been a strange cocophony of memories, spilling …

Blighted Nations

Travelling home in covid times...

Random Acts of Kindness

RANDOM ACQUAINTANCES SYNCHRONICITY When you are sitting with a friend in a café laughing and joking away and not realizing anyone is taking notice .  Your friend leaves and you go to the barista for more coffee. A woman approaches you and commends you on your lovely energy and the fact that we looked like …

June rolls imperceptibly into July….

I think I missed an entire month. Maybe two.... There has not really been a will there to write. Although I have written other things for myself over Lockdown Lunacy I often shied away from The Blog. Its sometimes so revealing, so barefaced, and I did not feel ready to expose any more. The Cube …

And so it continues…

April 3rd Week 5 of lockdown From the turrets of my Arabian tower I can easily see down onto the street below and NYU opposite. Today is Friday and eerily quiet. I have marvelled at the movement below for all five weeks of confinement but it has gradually got quieter day by isolating day. No …

Gaia, Gaia. we hath forsaken thee

March 25th 2020 Day 13 Unlucky for some TODAY I AM SITTING ON MY BALCONY ENJOYING THE FRESH AIR AFTER THE STORMS HAVE RAGED THROUGH ABU DHABI FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS Photo by Philippe Donn on Pexels.com IT FEELS LIKE A BLESSING – LIKE A RINSING OUT OF DANGER, DISEASE, A WASHING DOWN OF ALL …

I – S000 -late? – Shun…

21st March 2020 Day 9 I laughed so much when I first saw this! I feel sure I am not the only one who feels like this - particularly amongst us writers. Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Writing was almost my escape. As a child I would spend hours alone in my room reading, …

MISTRAL. MISTRESS. MISTAKE. MISFORTUNE.

19th of March 2020 WOW Photo by Ray Bilcliff on Pexels.com There is a Mistral brewing I thought that my shower had started to mysteriously come on ...but the noises from near the bedroom were beyond my open balcony doors and that is one mean mistral a tornadoing down the opening between our high rise …

Six weeks of Serendipity!

Er.... Life has been rather crazy lately I have waited until the end of the lunar month to finally take time to sit and write. I miss it like breathing but i have hardly caught my breath since landing back here early January In fact, no, update that - I have not caught my breath …

Betwixt & Between…

I already felt like I was being unfaithful Now I really am Not one but THREE on the go. It is getting rather tricky though to juggle things now and one is invariably  finding out about the other – oh dear. I tried to be subtle and I was trying to be kind not hurting …