I have these odd involuntary “blurts” I do when my brain gets too much. If I’m thinking about something awful I blurt “NO”. If tired, I blurt “I’m going to go to bed“. So far so good. If however I’m recalling something embarrassing? I blurt “I love you” ⁉️😂 Thanks, brain. That helps. You’re weird 😂
Yeah I’d have to build a wall behind my desk chair first though!
lol yes it would. Don’t worry I have no intention of moving house unless forced to at gunpoint!
Unless I recognised the books, I think I would need a fourth pair of glasses to be able to read the spines!!
Show off!! 😜
Show off!!
Mmm hmmm. You make no less sense than most of the posts on here tbf.
Wow, you have a solution for everything! 😜
Which is fine until you move and your arm disappears, but yeah, worth considering. I imagine a little less expensive than moving house?
Ok so before my pamphlet comes out in November, I need to make some changes to ensure I have a bookcase behind me when I Zoom. I think the easiest way to do that is going to be move house?? Worth it. It’ll be worth it. I SHALL be writerly.
A cyberman
Kemi Badenoch says we should move towards assimilation which is fine and not sinister at all
Got my annual “grrrrrr got to do some gardening” grump on. Loathsome, backbreaking, mucky business. Managed half an hour of clearing slimy leaves and stomped inside, incandescent. #grumpyface #ohinnitnicetobeoutinthegarden #no
Does anyone else, when they’re doing something fun, think “Yay, I can’t believe I’m doing this right now at this very moment!” followed by the sad thought of “oh no, soon I won’t be doing this”? Or do I just overthink every moment of my life.
Wrote the SNOTTIEST letter at work today including a massively passive aggressive CC and no I am not that person and yes it felt really good and YES I AM ON THE RIGHT DOSE OF HRT
Looking back, I think I hit it about 5 years ago. Thought it was clinical anxiety. So no. Not prepared at all. I guess people started talking about it more, what, a couple of years ago? The drawback of that is of course that now it's an INDUSTRY. I can't move for meno-targeted advertising online!
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I have it - you have prompted me to set an alarm on my phone to actually remember to TAKE it every day!
It's the BUZZ of the actual writing I miss. I think yes, I need to start with some micro poems. Thank you for your very thoughtful reply xx
Thank you so much Sarah, I love this advice. "No burden of excellence" is something I'm going to really take on board. Perhaps sharpie it onto my monitor 😜 And yes, I have been doing other STUFF come to think of it - running a poetry group which takes a fair bit of creativity and is v satisfying.
Thanks Rachel. Funnily enough I've been making a concerted effort to eat "real" food for the last 3 weeks or so, and exercise every morning. At first I felt an an energy dip but I think I'm coming out the other side of that now. And yes. The rain! It saps EVERYTHING! How are we supposed to funtion?
Yeah I’m on HRT too which has helped keep my head above water just about!! Funnily enough I can just about get it together to do the odd sub (I’ve never done that many anyway) but my creativity seems to have made for the exit!! Good luck finding some energy x
Female writers. I’d appreciate any tips you have to overcome menopausal brain fog and low energy and get writing again. I just cannot focus on writing at all, and I don’t want to be like this for the rest of my life - cos let’s face it, that oestrogen ain’t coming back!!
Cover of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Just finished this. Posting because I do seem to know a lot of people who enjoy bleak and depressing books. If that’s you, definitely give this one a read!
Man. (Goes off to scream into pillow.) 😱
Good points, thank you.
Kier Starmer’s CV screams competence. So is he really a bad prime minister? Or is it just impossible to govern in this age of bottomless, ever-scrolling micro scrutiny? In an age when the crashingly ill informed have as big (or bigger) a platform than the experts? Just musing.
Really looking forward to this performance & workshop in Trowbridge by the super talented Manganaro!
They'll be sharing some poems (cos we like those) and also hosting a workshop helping us to take our own poems from page to stage. Sat 7 March, 2-4pm. Book here!
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Feeling this
My son telling me which poems he’s been doing for GCSE is like other people being told the Glastonbury line up. “Seen him.” “Seen him”. “Yep, seen her too, mad night.” 🤘
Poets! Open Mic in Trowbridge next Saturday - do come along!
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