Jun 1, 2019Member-onlyAt the end of the day……. it’s about making your own fucking rules…. There’s one ‘rule’ I try to abide by above all others… “Do no harm”. It stems from the old pagan law of “do as thy will, so long as it harms no other”. …Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Jan 30, 2019Member-onlyLet’s Throw Caution to the Wind…..….. And Plan for EVERYTHING……!!!! So a new year, a new start, and a traditional time for resolutions. This year my resolution is to not make resolutions, and so far, I’ve an 100% success rate. Go me…. But, I hear you mutter, what the hell has that to do with…New Years Resolutions5 min readNew Years Resolutions5 min read
Published inTowards the Final Flush…… Of Womanhood·Oct 31, 2018Learning to cope with the unexpected…..Yeah, yeah… this is late… and not from any sense of busyness …. And it’s not even on what I had originally intended to write about….. totally not related to the topic at hand….. This one is borne of emotional exhaustion and a twinge of apathy…. …Life3 min readLife3 min read
Published inTowards the Final Flush…… Of Womanhood·Oct 4, 2018Hormonal upheaval is a valid defence in a murder trial…. Right??One of the wonderful side effects the hormone fairy delivers seems to be this irrational, almost uncontrollable rage that springs unbidden by the merest spark of any annoyance. I’m at the point where I’m ready to stab someone in the eye with a letter-opener. A scene from one of my…Menopause3 min readMenopause3 min read
Published inTowards the Final Flush…… Of Womanhood·Oct 2, 2018The Self Diagnosis….Doctor’s (and Google) define the menopause as the time in a woman’s life that’s 12 months after her last period. My Doc, and I think she’s a great and supportive doc, doesn’t want to talk to me about being menopausal until month 13…. …Menopause2 min readMenopause2 min read
Published inTowards the Final Flush…… Of Womanhood·Oct 1, 2018Member-onlyWhy am I doing this…..?So I recently turned 47 (feeling all of it, plus about another 30 years), but also came to the realisation that I’m at the start of the end of the whole reproductive cycle…. self-diagnosed, by the way. Why self-diagnosed? Because my doctor didn’t want to talk about it when I…Women1 min readWomen1 min read
