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Sometimes life just comes together nicely.

This week has been great in it’s own weird little way, despite all the bad stuff. I wake up most mornings, struggling with my anxiety, shaking, but manage to work through it too. It’s a little easier on some ( Read more... )

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My sister has two kids, in case, in the reading of my blog you hadn’t figured that out. Taylor is seven, Poppy is six months old.

I lived in Leicester until fourteen months ago, and I didn’t see my nephew a whole lot when he was a baby, cause I was ( Read more... )

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A long time ago when I was in college for the second time around (after quitting uni) before I quit higher education for the second time (another blog post needed I think) I remember seeing and reading a book in the college library about the children ( Read more... )

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Lilies

Only lilies are left, of a man born of Wales between war
and there’s been so much silence over the years
that’s I’ve almost forgotten the sound of his voice
and the loud beat of the big brass bands.

There will always be a mystery about a man
who ( Read more... )

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So I really, really like Ellie Goulding’s version of Your Song by Elton John (as can be seen at the end of this post). To the point of obsession, which happens with songs, it will wear off, maybe in a week, maybe in a month. I listen to it at least ( Read more... )

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The Lawn, his garden
was his true love
and showed the signs
of his deterioration
as he slowly lost himself
and lost the lawn as well,
creosote soaking the soil
leaving him with bare patches
when he tried to protect the fence.

I still do not tread
on his ( Read more... )

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Visiting Hours

It’s not as sterile as it should be
sitting on the bottom step
of the first floor,
you’re waiting and you notice
the dust and dirt,
it should bother you but it doesn’t,
there are other things to think about
and it’s not like before,
with ( Read more... )

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My sister had a baby on Wednesday, a tiny little girl called Poppy May. May is the family middle name, my sister has it, as does my mum and so on. I don’t know how far back it goes.

All I know is, my niece is fucking adorable.

I didn’t think my ( Read more... )