Today is the day

Today is the day

Monday was my last hangout in the summer sun and I’m preparing to have my little surgery today on the offending malignant mole on my shin. Not going to lie, I am with heaving stomach right now and trying decide on what to wear. I know that sounds daft, but I am guessing it has [...]

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 [...]

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

I just want ice cream. A nice giant 3 scoop ice cream! That’s it. That is how I am feeling today. I’m a little low, a little not low, a lot of feeling in between. I am just……. CREDITS Pipa Boho outfit from Saschas Designs Reema EVOX head from CATWA Nami hair from Exile Kait skin [...]

Pose fail

Pose fail

There I was at Luanes World looking like a model, the sun blazing just right, and me (well, my avatar) styled to perfection and perched effortlessly on top of a car stacked with surfboards. Or so I thought. This was meant to be the shot. I had the whole setup the golden backdrop, the windlight [...]

The Plants

The Plants

It’s my day off. A rare, beautiful, responsibility free day. I went to the cinema earlier to watch the Smurfs. Don’t judge. It was with my grandson and daughter. My only plan this evening? To give my balcony plants the TLC they deserve. A little pruning, a little chatting and begging of them to sprout [...]

Digital Diva, Real-Life Grandma

Digital Diva, Real-Life Grandma

By day, I’m a 59 year old woman with dodgy knees and a strong relationship with tea and biscuits. The odd choc bar too. By night? I’m a virtual fashion icon. Hair always perfect. Outfit always slaying. Waist? Snatched. In Second Life, I’m everything my real life joints won’t let me be. I strut digital [...]

The almost near

The almost near

I’m looking over there, over there, beyond the bend, past the glare. The lights that blind. A shimmer in the air like whispered deceit, a portal to the life I seek. There are no ticking clocks or unpaid debts. No heavy thoughts or headlines news. Just quiet skies and weightless days, where time dissolves in [...]