Where there is normally a vast expanse of inky black water, there was none.

Dry sandy shores, my shoes leaving deep imprints, and the always both surprising and familiar, prehistoric remains of hut circles.

“Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up” ― Veronica Roth

It certainly sodding well woke me up the other night!

It wasn't a hot flush (or 'flash' as my American sisters call it) but it was a bit of a good old-fashioned panic!

Did you know that Killer Whales do the Menopause too? I was walking round the fields, looking out over a gorgeously sparkly bright blue sea, hoping to see a dolphin doing her thing.

“I think ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.”

How do you talk about your past?

Full of joys and f**k yes, I did that?

Or

is it a guilt ridden tale of sorrow and regrets?

Today I want to talk about reverse engineering the guilt that might cover you like a rather burdensome blanket on your death bead.

I woke up smelling the sweetest scent.

I inhaled. I Stretched. I realised I was smiling.