I Will Be Right Back – After my summer break

Following on from my post last week, I am exercising my right to work when I want to work, and therefore to take breaks when that feels right for me. And so, in the spirit of self-care, this will be my last post until 1 September, at the earliest. I am looking forward to refresh my […]

Look After Yourself – Don’t just read about it or think about it

So, what does looking after yourself entail? I have no idea because I don’t know you, but you know you (hopefully), so you can look after yourself, according to what that means to you. If you don’t know yourself, you might want to spend some time finding out about yourself. Fortunately, you already have the […]

Aftermath of the UK Election – Recognising the challenges ahead

I have personally observed people breathing a collective sigh of relief following the results of the UK general election which brought Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, leading the Labour party, into power with a huge majority. I do not, however, hear a wide acclamation or celebration of the Labour victory apart, perhaps, from the […]

Writing for Wellbeing – Helps me become a better human

I can run for miles and miles across the stretching sands of a lonely beach, and take-off up into the sky, soaring to great heights, floating for an eternity on the updraft. I can explore in every direction and live the lives I missed the first time around, be the person I never really wanted to […]

My Sunday – With shadows of the past

Unless I am meeting up early with family, I am not waking up with an alarm, but will likely be woken up by the daylight invading my bedroom. First, there is a creeping of the light but quickly builds to a crescendo, reminding me that although it is a slower-paced day than all the others, […]

Learning to Soar – Breaking free

time to break-outand danceit comes to us allso stretch-out andhear the musicdo your own thing for when you’re stuckstuck in a boxor twisted intostaying on the linethere comes a timewhen the bodyfollows the mindand suddenlyeverything’s fineif you feel so inclined just remember thisthere’s no going backkiss the old life goodbyefor you, my friendcan take off […]

Fatherland – Occupying the territory

mostly I thinkgood or badI am my own manthinking individualno dependenciesloitering here then I look in the mirrorand you look back at meas if to sayyou may think you walk alonebut still you carry the loadthat’s in my bonesand in those blue eyes FraserJune 2024

My Dad – And other forms of silence

I like silenceI doexceptwhen it deafens mewith its absencesand guessingbecomes the only gamein life, now goneor whilst growing-upand I becomethe roaring beast FraserJune 2024

Not Perfect – But I think it is ok

daddy meis the strong mefuelled by the loveof, and from,my children and the beat goes on the children who adults becomeare their own peoplestrong and independentall of them, eachin their own way and the beat goes on the old man becomesa new maninspired by his childrenstrong in his own wayuntil the fadingand dying of his […]

Living In The UK – Week beginning 3 June 2024

So, this week in the UK has been dominated by the electioneering of the various parties, and the pause in the proceedings for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of ‘D-Day’, when the allied forces landed on the French beaches in Normandy to begin the invasion of the European mainland. That would have seen them […]