Garlands join me

It’s a birthday gift to my friend Esme. My wonderful, beautiful friend without whom I would disintegrate. It is everything that I want her to know, always.
Happy Birthday Esalmeberry.

A love letter for Joanna

I’ve been reading and rereading John Keats love letters to Fanny Brawne for the last few weeks. His devotion to her has kept me buoyed and has reminded me how good love is.
This is my love letter to Joanna Lumley. It is everything I would say to her if our lives were different. They would have to be pretty different mind but somehow, love would be champion. The woman is utterly magnificent. Thank goodness there is somebody in the world living a life as full as hers.

As I walk through streets

It is about being on the edge of something, too frightened to move forward whilst knowing that its the only thing there is left to do. Nothing changes if nothing changes.

If I end up in the same place

It is really about surrendering yourself to the inevitability of never really knowing. There is nothing more than what we have and no matter how we go about things the result is going to be the same.

I wish it looked like something else

This week I’ve been unable to shake the feeling that I’m screwing up every aspect of my life. That combined with having a pencil and notepad by the side of my bed at 11.30pm has resulted in this poem. It isn’t how I feel always, just how I feel at the moment.

The roots from which they grew

THE FILM QUIZ

Somehow I cope (a time for something)

Its about doing what you can to get through each minute, coping mechanisms and indiosyncrasies that help us not to drive into the sea.
Its about finding what works.

Phantom Lego Bricks

Its about being distracted by technology. It is about being hopeful. It is about wanting to move forward into something in spite of the fact that you can’t know the outcome. Sometimes its just enough to try.

Substitute for a Breakdown

Its about looking for answers in the wrong places, trying to find some sort of solace in the act of ignoring what it is you need to be doing instead. Its about Carly Simon, its about her mouth, its about swearing when you probably shouldn’t.