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Nineteen
It’s been a strange old year of immense highs and immense lows- just life really I guess. We’ve lost our beloved Gran very suddenly and have taken in her cat Puffy who is a darling and is much loved (and…
Slow Down
On Monday I noticed the amazing pattern on the carpet in Partick library for the first time in my life. How did I come to finally spot this detail in a place I’ve set foot in many times? Probably because…
Atonement
On Saturday afternoon we went to Margate. Marnie is obsessed with crabbing so we went to the harbour shore to fill her bucket with water. It was windy but sunny, the beach was packed. Kevvy pointed out a pile of…
21 Day Positive Mega Sprint
Almost 5 years ago I discovered something which really floored me. For the best part of a couple of years, it caused me to cut myself off from friends, not put my all into things I love and generally spiral…
Living a frightened life
Today seems appropriate to write a post that I never thought I would write, I may delete it 30 seconds after I’ve published or I maybe not, we shall see! Most people won’t know that I’ve suffered from depression for…
My International Women’s Day Inspiration
My International Women’s Day Inspiration are the Dagenham Women. I was born in Dagenham and my Mum worked at the Ford Motor Plant before I was born. She was there around the time of the passing of the Equal Pay…
MCR Pathways journey begins
Last week I completed my training as a MCR pathways mentor and tomorrow I go to my school in Shettleston to meet my teenage mentee for the first time. We will be meeting for an hour every week, for at…
A post for my childhood friends
Yesterday my old school friend Karen died and we are all gutted. I hadn’t seen her in years but we all reconnected a few years back on Facebook and had a reunion over the holidays. Sadly she didn’t come to…
Our Tenement Flat
My boyfriend and I are very lucky live in a pretty huge old tenement flat, just off Byres Road in Dalcross Street (formally Buchanan Street. It’s in Glasgow’s West End if you’re an estate agent, or Partick if you’re not.…
My REAL Job
Many of you will know me through Glasgow Etsy or you may be a studio buddy from The Hidden Lane, but yesterday during a conversation on Twitter with another Etsian, I realised that not many people in that part of…
