Thoughts of a Soo

The sun has been shining for four days now and yesterday it seemed appropriate to take a flask of tea, a hot cross bun to share and some biscuits to The Little Orme. It is one of my favourite places and it always has the ability to ground me and give me peace. I like to reach the edge of things and the fact that seals bob and swim around also makes it special. I decided to tuck a poem in my rucksack in case I felt like recording it there, and I did. It felt good to have read a poem with the sea behind me and then to linger in the sun and just be. It was good to see primroses on the verges as we drove down as well as the vivid yellow fields of rapeseed. Yellow is such an affirming colour for me and my absolute favourite is the brilliance of gorse. Excited by the fact that the sun was making shadows while I photographed some yellows, I made it my mission to capture my shadow next to as many shades as I could find. The clasp of my phone case made me chuckle at the essence o...

There was a day when I was younger when I was going to have a new bed. The day before bed delivery day I knew I had to tackle what was under my bed, but somehow I got distracted and forgot.... Answering My Mother (Audio) ANSWERING MY MOTHER I had meant to move them, remembered that I needed to move them. Then the day distracted me and bedtime was just for sleeping and a new day was coming down for breakfast and putting the television on. Not even when she went upstairs that morning did I think of it again. Until she shouted, I had totally forgotten. We could have had mice. Then my forgetful mind made my heart sink. The cry worsened; Rats! We could have had rats. The four flights of stairs between us only gave me time to swallow and stare. I had meant to move them. I had planned to wrap them in newspaper, like chips, take the package quietly to the backyard, unclip the dustbin lid, lay it inside. Rats! We could have had rats. If y...