Thoughts of a Soo

Because it's about being. Because it's about sunrise, sunset and the moments in between. Because it's about the great outdoors and sea air. Because it's about celebrating and being grateful.  Because it's about rembering and making memories.  Because the steepest roads lead to the most beautiful views.

Ever since seeing Parys Mountain on tv and in photos that my brother and his family had taken I had wanted to go. We started Kath's birthday adventure here yesterday and it certainly lived up to my expectations. After lunch and a walk in Llandudno we then went to The Little Orme and were delighted to see so many seals there. A lovely day of landscape and fresh air and another chance to get those cobwebs well and truly blown.

Absolutely delighted that this poem sequence (my first proper sequence) has been published in issue 69 of The Interpreter's House. It started its journey in a workshop with Pascale Petit at Gladstone's library and has now found its place in the world. This makes me smile. You can read it here: I Can't Send You Back Can I?

And we were there amongst good people and there were celeriac steaks and words in speeches that made us glad and pizza and dancing.

On Being Stuck This pencil will not write, I can't create my verse. Perhaps I'm too uptight. This pencil will not write. I try with all my might - I think it's getting worse. This pencil will not write. I can't create my verse.