Listening and Lying
After lying there for 1 minute I carried on with my walk. Later, at home I found a leaf in my hair.
May 2020 Wordsearch
So this time I am going to edit it down. I’m not going to put every poem in. Adrienne Rich: When we dead awaken:Writing as Revision ‘Until we can know the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves.’ Talking of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own Adrienne Rich says: ‘It is … Continue Reading
16 Days #3
This is a record of 16 days of Developing a Daily Ritual
10 Days #2
More Focus on Mental Health Routine Ritual Art as Therapy How might that be? IF POSSIBLE I’ll try to read a Poem Every Day Move Every Day Look Every Day and be in Nature Every Day 4.4.20 Need to Keep Check Waltz by Edith Sitwell 5.4.20 Amanuensis by Mimi Khalvati definition of Amanuensis means a … Continue Reading
10 days
they say I should brainstorm the kind of person I want to read my blogs (I can’t stop thinking about my friends)
Getting to Ullapool and Getting to Jan
It takes nearly 4 hours to drive to Ullapool from Stirling. A Beautiful Journey We drove through Dunkeld (just south of the Cairngorms)-it looked great we planned to return (but haven’t yet). We ate soup in Aviemore. Thinking Nan Shepherd Being Nan Shepherd On our way to be with Janet Moss and see her exhibition. … Continue Reading
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Preparation for Everything
Our Plan 28 February-4 March Wake up Nervous Feel Bit Sick in Leeds 28/2/20 THE PAMPHLETS To Otley Otley Ritual THE CIRCLE My Promise to Casey You are my guruI give myself to youI trust youGuru On this trip Casey drives to Stirling Synchronised Swimming in Stirling NumbersRitualQuietCalm Whisky in Stirling Giggling Sleeping Casey drives … Continue Reading
Female Friendship
It’s Valentine’s Day on ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK series 2 episode 6Morello and Suzanne are sitting at a table together.Suzanne: I found this in your trash (she hands Morello a wedding invitation that Morello stole from Christopher’s house)…the guy you’re always talking about? I know a thing about people that aren’t smart enough to wanna … Continue Reading
Blog post, Look, Research, Study Trips
France (Not Spain) on a Train with Patti Smith
GO TO FRANCE ON A TRAIN 27.10.19 Yesterday Train to St. Pancras O.K. Now woken up. Train at 8.15 ->Paris He is in the shower. We’re staying at Premier Inn. It’s O.K. Gonna do yoga now. I didn’t. St. Pancras with him He’s playing DRAW RACE on his phone. I’m reading Patti Smith. She’s talking … Continue Reading
The Words that Came Out #1
100 words in yellow and blue 10.10.19 LISTENING TO MIRANDA JULY + SHEILA HETI HAPPY CHUCKLES no one belongs here more than you LOVE HOW Should a person be ? c o o l c h i c k s WELCOME have you read the book? Cheryl gets what she wants GOOD QUALITIES don’t apologise … Continue Reading