Love Me Tender
Of burnished leaves…
Physical attraction is just an introduction. It’s what says ‘hey, I’m here … SHARE yourself with me’. It isn’t just an end in itself, it’s a beginning, an opening, a blossoming. It’s a series of moments when your head and your heart seem to be working in perfect harmony to say “YES, give this … Continue reading
Through gingerbread walls
It wasn’t always like this. It wasn’t always full-to-the-brim with life-changing ideas flowing one after another like a multi-coloured rainbow of potential, and lying together in the early morning watching dappled sunshine on rustic century-old walls or playing each other at long distance scrabble and dancing around the kitchen making lemon tarts that make your … Continue reading
There is a time for fire…
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you … Continue reading
Love Makes You Beautiful
If you asked me to tell you a secret, it would be this: love makes you beautiful. I fell into love by accident, in an attic room behind a yellow door, many years ago. It overtook me like a wave and left me shattered in its wake. Nothing has been the same since that one … Continue reading
Alchemy is the Sculptor’s Art
It follows on the coat-tails of courage, the gentle unfurling of life as you open yourself to hope and possibility. To know of the possibilities of hurt, and to stand alone and proud and say This is me, I have some broken places, and I’m scared and I don’t know how to do this but … Continue reading
My Celluloid Romance
(No, not like that.) I was sitting in a pub a few nights ago, chatting with a friend of mine about all manner of things, moving away, spreading your wings and living a bigger life, heading for exciting times. It’s her time for that, and I’m happy for her, excited and at the same time … Continue reading
I do not want to be lost in love with you
I saw a sign the other day that said ‘I want to be lost in love with you‘. No. Already I am already blessed and cursed with being entwined in the hearts of many. Too easily can I lose myself in another without a second’s conscious thought. No, I do not want to be lost … Continue reading
To Adventure, Excitement and EXTRAORDINARY dreams
Here’s to 2011, a year of adventure, excitement and fulfilment of some extraordinary dreams. If 2010 was a year of losing myself, then 2011 is to be a year of finding myself again. 2010 was supposed to be a year of relaxation. A year of kicking back and giving myself time to recharge but things … Continue reading
Be Magnificent
‘I love you‘. This is how he ends the email to me and the truth is blindingly clear: I love him ridiculously … RIDICULOUSLY. Yes, quite so. He is my friend, my inspiration and the man who holds my soul in the palm of his hand. I love him in a way that stands apart … Continue reading
Friendships on the road less travelled
I have a very unusual friend, and with him I discovered one of the most unusual and joyful friendships I have. It totally transcends boundaries, when it’s not busy ripping them the hell apart and it fills me with inspiration and pleasure. We’ve known each other for years. We’ve grown through some of our most … Continue reading
Exceptional People Hide In The Most Unlikely Places
Yesterday afternoon, I found myself in a pub in Wolverhampton, celebrating a friend’s birthday with a couple of old friends, and was absolutely STRUCK by how EXCEPTIONAL they are. Looking at our table of laughing, joking, gesticulating you wouldn’t have seen anything out of the ordinary, just a group of fun, happy, well balanced people. … Continue reading
Blood is thicker than water
I’ve been meaning to write a post on my un-birthday weekend for the entire week, but for reasons many and various it just doesn’t seem to be happening. It will soon, I promise. What has been on my mind though is family. When everyone left last weekend, after heaving a sigh of relief that everything … Continue reading
Lovers in a dangerous time: Dating in your late twenties
May I be frank? … I’ll take that as a yes. If you are muttering ‘no’ at the computer right now, knowing what’s coming you’d better turn away now. You’re probably right. Dating as your approach your thirties is a hazardous experience. Let’s be honest, dating as a fresh-faced, dewy-eyed youngster was no bundle of … Continue reading