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I need some help right now. I feel pretty alone as I live alone and simple things such as a basket of fruit n veg I can’t pop out and get. I need my rubbish emptied and taken out and frankly I need someone to unscrew my bottle of water! Yesterday two things happened. I [...]

Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

I had one of those moments where my avatar just stopped me in my tracks. There she was standing against a backdrop. Head high, posture perfect, not a single pixel out of place. Honestly? Fetching doesn’t even cover it. It’s funny how an avatar can carry a kind of confidence I don’t always channel myself. [...]

My avatar left me for a holiday

My avatar left me for a holiday

Everyone I know is sun-kissed and sipping cocktails. I’m celebrating a French stick all to myself and pretending my bank account isn’t empty. Meanwhile, my Second Life avatar’s living it up in the Costa di Lucie, tan, yacht, sequin bikini, zero sweat. She’s flirting with a lifeguard who’s probably Dave from Croydon. She posts filtered [...]

Pausing to think

Pausing to think

I’ve got my pending Melanoma removal on Thursday and despite my jollity I’ve started to feel intense angst about it all. I am not good with pain. Never had any previous surgery before. The thought of being cut into my shin is filling me with intense dread If they don’t get it all what will [...]

The Suns coming back out

The Suns coming back out

The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray. Unfortunately, I’ll be observing from under a parasol, wrapped in SPF and simmering gently in the shade like a forgotten casserole. Why? Because on the 14th, I’m booked in for a lesion excision. Yes. While the rest of the world is out absorbing Vitamin [...]

The Waiting game

The Waiting game

Here, in the quiet, windblown shores of the British seaside, we witness a rare and fascinating spectacle, the hopeful female of the species in her natural habitat a seaside café with dirty tables and a distinct smell of fish. Clutched in her right hand, her faux leather designer look handbag which matches her outfit. She [...]

The Holy Order of the Quantum Squid

The Holy Order of the Quantum Squid

A colleague and I were discussing religion and the vast array of really mind boggling odd ones there are in the world. For an experimental idea we agreed we would create a made up one that defies anything out there just for the heck of it. We could use Chat GPT for referencing ideas but [...]

The Tale of the Lone Smooth Pit

The Tale of the Lone Smooth Pit

One pit shaved, the other not But guess which one’s my beauty spot? I raise it high, I own the scene, That hairless queen, so fresh, so clean. The crowd is shook, the flashbulbs pop, My smooth side’s working non-stop. Who needs two when one’s a hit? I strike, I smirk at my just one [...]

Two weeks pathway with my bananas

Two weeks pathway with my bananas

When life hands you lemons. Grab the bananas. Today, I went to the doctor.I expected a glance, maybe a cream, maybe a “nothing to worry about.” Instead, I was placed on the two-week urgent referral pathway for skin cancer.The NHS track to rule out the serious stuff. Even though I know it’s precautionary, hearing those [...]

Can the mirror lie?

Can the mirror lie?

Ever notice how the mirror doesn’t always tell the truth? You stand there, staring at your reflection, picking apart every little thing? Too much of this, not enough of that. But what you see isn’t always what others see. While you focus on flaws, someone else might see warmth in your eyes, a smile that [...]