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, […]
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 […]
Repetition – To follow or not to follow?
I see repetition everywhere including, and perhaps especially, in the things I say, think and do. I know that I am not alone in this as I see it all around me in politics, retail and leisure sectors in particular. Some say repetition is boring and causes stagnation. Others say it is comforting, useful, productive […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 22 April 2024
This week, the second teaching block of my course came to an end with the submission of my assignment. At the same time, I transferred permanently from temporary compression wraps applied to my legs every 3–4 days by nurses to compression socks permanently worn by me. And so, life takes a couple of new turns. I have […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 15 April 2024
When it comes to publications on Medium, I keep getting that wrong for myself — and all by myself. The owners and editors have all been great, and are doing great jobs. Despite that, I always seem to find fault where really there is no fault to be found. So, less harm is done if […]
From Looking to Listening – Flapping my ears for text
I have most recently been immersed in words, whether that be through learning and relearning through textbooks, listening pleasure through Audible or enjoying some of the words written here, on Medium. I have, however, set aside the ‘Gratitude Journal’ for now, not because I wish to stop writing it (and I will return to it, […]
Comfit Comforts – The sweetness of a black tongue
1963 and five-year-old me. The Beatles had released their first 2 albums, and their first 2 singles had reached first place in the UK music charts. Doctor Who and The Daleks made their first appearance on TV screens. These things penetrated into my little brain, but the John F Kennedy assassination, Harold Wilson becoming leader […]
Ruby’s Prompts 2024 Week One Prompt one — ‘Read or Die’
Brewed in the land of Macbeth, Fraser’s form slid from the cauldron, a messy mixture, at best. Trying to describe it, takes some moxie, but I’ll give it a go… Inside the head, there is a jungle of twisted leaves and thorns, signs of ‘No Trespassing’, and dangerous swamps and traps. Hidden under the skin […]
Thinking About Writing for Wellbeing – And what it means to me
Wellbeing is something that can be difficult to define exactly as it is so subjective, but I think it is safe to say that it revolves somewhere around the ideas that any individual might have relating to their best possible health and contentment at any given point in time. In itself, that is a bit […]