Another List.

In Loving Memory

I often think about death. Well not often, but I do think about it. Not so much my impending mortality, the brevity of our short lives, nothing quite so highbrow. More along the lines of embarrassing deaths and how to avoid them. Is that weird? There are the obvious ones – dying on the toilet,…

What I didn’t know.

Talking and not talking about menopause

Now is not the time to diet!

I'm not beautiful despite being fat. I am beautiful. Full stop. I choose being beautiful as a radical act of resistance.

Becoming my own star.

 I felt bad. Trouble was I should’ve felt much worse. Which was why I felt bad. Everyone told me I was going to find the last of my duckling’s leaving home hard. And I mean, it was a bit.  I’m not a monster, I shed tears. But mostly, I was just thrilled. Which is bad.…