I need to talk, the words have been bubbling up in my throat straight from my heart for the last week or so. I need to speak out in o...

Today's post is brought to you with the assistance of a damned good nights sleep, coffee and the sweet, sweet joy of having just finishe...

I'm starting to feel stronger, just a little and I know it's fragile but (and maybe this is the wine talking) I want to enjoy the sm...

It's like that feeling most often attributed to Mondays and getting back to work. The sudden increase in heaviness and utter exhaustion ...

It was yesterday I thought of them. I knew where to look of course and under a fine layer of dead bamboo leaves I found them. Sweet, fresh g...

********** Life, I just don't 'get' it, why is it so hard, so painful, so full of angst and disappointment? There'...

...keep going! April the 4th was the last time I had anything to do with the allotment. I haven't even been in the vicinity of the pla...

April was crept up on me from no where! I'm in shock. It's probably not helpful that I forgot to get us a nice new house calendar at...

Yesterday I had the crazy idea that maybe I could walk to the plots alone and have a look and come home. It would be about a 20 min adventur...

Today is  La Tomatina in Valencia, Spain and, as with every year, I feel my heart breaking at the wastage of all those beautiful red tomato...

My levels of anxiety are at fever pitch these days. It's pretty much continuous until I fall asleep, exhausted. I do take sedatives but ...

Every now and then, when you aren't looking for it, you hear a piece of wisdom that not only makes sense but eases the soul and gives on...

The beautiful blue sky contrasts so well with the dense darkness inside me. The wind blowing and refreshing everyone out there is just a lit...

I lost my most favourite tree and maybe my favourite plant on the plots last week; my precious cherry tree 'Stella'. I adored it. It...

I just don't know when to stop. Even after I wrote and hit 'publish' on my last blog post; I felt compelled to go outside and ta...

...(or maybe in my case, just stubborn and foolhardy) I was out again, yesterday, with Maggie at a much later and busy time (2pm), wi...