
If you can’t find a piece but know its title or its subject, you might find this useful to see which TAB it falls under. Click on the name of the tab and you’ll be linked to that section!
TITLE | TAB | CONTENT |
A letter to my daughter | Love & Loss | A reflection of great love & great loss |
And Repeat | Pink & Breathing | My 2nd hip replacement experience |
Bus Stop Blues | Reflections | Coming to terms with elephant legs! |
Death by Scrabble | Hotchpotch |
Disbelief | Love & Loss | My reaction to bad news & baby loss |
Down in the Mouth | Through Young Eyes | A dental nightmare |
Five things I wish my mother hadn’t told me! | Humour |
Good Grief | Love & Loss | My personal reflection on good grief |
He sat her down | Humour |
Hello | Humour | The importance of the word Hello! |
Hip Revelations! | Pink & Breathing | My hip replacement experience |
In defence of office workers! | My World of Work |
Intermission | Stops & Starts | Our son’s break from work due to epilepsy |
Loo Rolls & Lamborghinis | My World of Work | My brief spell as a cleaner |
Measuring up | Reflections | The futility of measuring a person’s worth |
Nine to Five | My World of Work | My posts at N’cle & Edinburgh Universities |
Nippy | Hotchpotch | Experiences of a new e bike owner |
Out of the Blue | Through Young Eyes | A tale of an unnwelcome visitor |
Seeing Red | Through Young Eyes | My experiences of being a redhead! |
Silent Swings | Reflections | Facing non grandparenthood |
Sisters | Reflections | Observing sisterhood from afar |
Slip Slidin’ Away | Love & Loss | The rollercoaster of losing a parent |
Swimming Etiquette | Hotchpotch | Observational peculiarities of lane swimming |
Take your Partners | My World of Work | Applying & working for the John Lewis Partnership |
That Gut Feelng! | Pink & Breathing | My first experience of tedious gut issues! |
The Accordionist’s Wife | Hotchpotch |
The E word | Stops & Starts | Our son’s epilepsy diagnosis, experience & repercussions on our family |
The first rung of the ladder | My World of Work | My first job (never to be repeated) |
The I word | Stops & Starts | Our son’s attempts to live independently |
The Key Worker | My World of Work | Working during the 2020 pandemic |
The Letter | Through Young Eyes | The impact of being sent away to boarding school |
The Plantar Faciitis Chronicles | Pink & Breathing | Battling with this tedious foot condition! |
The Pond | Through Young Eyes | A scary unanticipated dip in my grandparents pond! |
The Right Medicine | My World of Work | Working for ICI -> AstraZeneca, Cheshire |
The WI – you’re kidding? | Hotchpotch | Virtues of the WI & why YOU should be considering it! |
The WI – you’re kidding? (abridged) | Hotchpotch | CFWI’s writing competition for Press Release – April 2024 |
The Worst | Love & Loss | Suicide |
Up Front! | Humour | The trials of bra fittings! |
What do you keep in your handbag? | Humour |