mama elsie : making it up as i go along

You cannot simply have a birthday in our house. It is not about just opening cards, opening presents, thanks, whoosh there goes an...

Dear Young Person, You will hear older humans tell you that life is short, to not wish time away, to learn from experience and you m...

The view from our hill, as painted by a good friend. It was dark when we arrived. The remains of Christmas were hanging on by tinsel...

Fear. Dry gasps in the dead of night. Butterflies rioting in your stomach on the way to that  meeting. Tiptoeing around weighty disc...

Rejection. Whatever the cause, it sits by your bedside waiting for eyes to open, full of a new day's sparkle. And then...blam...oh...

Original photo by www.budsandbranchesphotography.com/ So last week the FPG prompt was sisters, of which biologically I have the ...

Those are my legs! 1980s neon swagger. It's Sports Day season again. Across school fields everywhere, children are wearing the...