Some days I am better than others. Dad is gone and everything I didn’t manage to do and tell him about some days hits hard. Some days it puts me into his back patio one summer’s day talking about his grief for his Dad. I had longer with him than he had with his Dad. … Read More
No Remote Pride prompt today, it feels weird. I’m missing my Dad. The Princess, Mum and I discussed gravestones today and looked at what we wanted written on Dad’s. There’s some other memorials we talked about too. Mum cried, I didn’t, quite. The Princess is less bothered by grave markers than she is by other … Read More
I have two girlfriends. My main employer knows I’m poly. Everyone I work with knows I like girls. I do not have to marry a man and bear his children to be able to live within society. My nephews know they have two Aunts. My parents know my girlfriend transitioned. I have not been shunned. … Read More
When I received the bouquet with these words I assumed they went with the condolence cards that had come. They seemed kind and I smiled. Today I received a package of vegan chocolate in the post, for me but again no name or note as to who had sent them. That’s when the flowers started … Read More
Ok I don’t live in Manchester but I did rather enjoy the All Together One Voice concert this evening. They picked some good songs and it had the feel of some of Folkestone Pagans COVID lockdown rituals, I mean I felt like I was participating with others as a community. I guess I’m surprised by … Read More
My Dad died last month, on the 22nd April. It was heart failure due to his leukaemia on top of an underlying heart condition, but because the UK is in the middle of lockdown it’s taken this long for us to have a funeral. That and last week there was a point we wondered if … Read More
Walking up to the park I passed two parked police cars in the St Martin’s driveway. I had a brief and strangely familiar sinking sensation. My letter declaring me a council approved keyworker was in my handbag which I had left at home. Of course I didn’t need it because I was walking. Blue sky … Read More
I did not sleep well last night. Got to sleep in good time and then at oneish the Jellicle thinks I might be awake so calls out at my door to see. I didn’t get back to sleep for another three hours. 8:30 sharp I’m making breakfast and on the local discord server “morning bus … Read More
I love the game I run for my antipodean friends but I do not love the time difference. I love the buzz that GMing gives me, there is a great deal of fun in creating stories with your friends. I started out a shared narrative roleplayer, tomorrow I’m DMing Dungeons and Dragons so that’s a … Read More
Once, when I was ten or eleven and I and my family were on holiday in the south of France, we went to a beach the day after a storm. The waves were like nothing I’d seen before and like nothing I’ve seen since, though I’m sure they grew in my imagination. In my memory … Read More
