So that was 2021 (Part Three)

I didn't tell anyone about the incident, apart from the police, for a long time. I had a passenger in the Jeep, we'd been shopping in the city, as we often did. Without a rearview mirror, she didn't see the danger closing in. The first she knew, was when I started screaming, put the accelerator…

So that was 2021 (Part Two)

After finishing Christmas Day on a high. Thanks to a two hour chat with the one person in the whole world I wanted to speak to, I set about looking forward to the new year with positivity. After all he'd messaged me, surely that must mean he had wanted to chat with me. Let's be…

Christmas in Retail

I can’t tell if I’m still dreamingWas that Santa's sleigh I saw leavingPiled up high with chocolates and sherryPerched on top a cake with a cherryNo, it's just a trolley at ChristmasWelcome to the retail business I can’t tell if I’m still dreamingAbove the noise of colleagues screamingCheckouts beeping, customers moaningAll the time with their…

So that was 2021 (Part One)

No, don't worry this isn't another Covid post. This is far more indulgent. This is all about my personal year. The things that have given me joy and the things that have saddened me. When I've laughed, when I've cried. My successes and my failures. I shall start if I may, at Christmas Day 2020.…