Roll on Autumn

Roll on Autumn

I’m eyeing the garden with that familiar late August itch time to prune, de-weed the pots, and coax everything toward its autumnal slumber. Technically, summer’s still lingering, clinging to the air. But emotionally? I’ve already moved on. I’m done with the sweaty afternoons and the clingy heat. Give me frostbitten mornings and breath that lingers [...]

In the garden

In the garden

What am I doing right now? Laying on my sofa feeling like Im suffering with PMT. However, as I’m meno paused then this is very unlikely. I’m just stuck in a phantom menstrual cycle. It certainly isn’t coming forth at my age. I’ve been more or less laid up the past week since my leg [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]