Last weekend, I emerged from Clevedon Sea Pool looking similar to that of a character from Baywatch...or do I mean Springwatch when they are observing the Sea lions? As I bounded out of the water, my body dripping and blue...not dissimilar to a time at Uni when I ran out of body paint for a … Continue reading Someone plunge me in cold water already!
Author: wrenandsquirrel
When will it be clear
Do you remember those magic 8 balls that you shook to find out an answer, or for the poorer amongst us-those paper origami fortune telling games.. This is way snazzier than the ones I made, mine were our of ripped out pages of exercise books. Or working out by some weird number code whether the … Continue reading When will it be clear
Seasonal hangovers, and why January can do one
' I'm sitting down eating a lemon curd sandwich, it's not my lunch or my tea oh no. I am having it with a hot chocolate just because of the January woes ' (to be sang to the tune of Lena Marlins 1999 hit any which way you can make it fit) The beginning of … Continue reading Seasonal hangovers, and why January can do one
Tears and red coats
Today I saw Little Women at the local cinema and I lost my shit about it! I mean I love Greta Gerwig (director) and I love the book(Louisa May Alcott). It helped that 5 friends, no children a glass of wine, a giant mug of ginger and lemon tea and some chocolates and sweets accompanied … Continue reading Tears and red coats
The winter of discontent
I have just darned/stitched up my broken coat (do you darn coats or is it just socks?) On my bed whilst drinking hot sloe cordial and coughing like a heavy smoker (which I am not). I'd like to romanticise about this moment and say it is turn of the 20th century Americana folk...it's not, it's … Continue reading The winter of discontent
Discomfort the peace
You have seen it correctly, and no, I have not mixed up my phrases. Although that does happen at lot at this stage of life. It is not surprising that I am thinking about peace a lot, its that time of year and I have a newborn. I nearly bought this book in a charity … Continue reading Discomfort the peace
Its like I got this music in my mind, sayin’ it’s gonna be alright
It has been a long while since I have blogged-mainly because I have been similar to that of a beached whale-albeit in the happiest way- in that I have been growing and now have a second small person with me at all times. https://media.giphy.com/media/qdgV0s2gm7QY0/giphy.gif Yeah I was like this...but with a lot less movement...and a … Continue reading Its like I got this music in my mind, sayin’ it’s gonna be alright
Mother I need you
This piece was originally written for a friend- to let her know she is not alone and I see her and the daily battle of things not being what she'd hoped. And it is still for her-for the wonder woman that she is, but it is for all of us, me included-because although I am … Continue reading Mother I need you
In tension over parenting
I was in pregnancy yoga the other day (similar to regular yoga-I imagine-but with more big t-shirts and birth poses and less lycra crop tops and downward dogs).* Anyway the teacher was encouraging us to breathe out wherever there was tension in our muscles. Actually, very good advice-similar to that of my womens physio. But … Continue reading In tension over parenting
Uncomfortable viewing
Lately I have watched a fair bit of TV...the benefit of being sick and tired! Anyway not all of it was easy viewing, some because Marie Kondo inspired me to sort and tidy and spark joy, but at the precise moment of watching it I wasn't physically able to do anything really, and then when … Continue reading Uncomfortable viewing
