new life

Autumn thoughts from Melinda-solo 66 days old

I slept through till the alarm went off, when I woke I was dreaming that I was still working for the parish councils, still had minutes to type up, the ...

Next steps from Melinda-solo 76 days old

At rehearsal last night, I started noticing I was getting a sore throat. I hope the tonsillitis isn’t coming back. Jane offered me a couple of paracetamol. ...

The world is full of miracles from Melinda-solo 110 days old

I drove home yesterday into the sunrise. I should have taken a photo, I had the camera in my bag after all, it would only have taken a moment to step ...

The ghost of revolution from Melinda-solo 126 days old

‘The ghost of revolution still prowls the Paris streets/Down all the restless centuries, it wanders incomplete/It speaks inside the cheap red wine of ...

The show will go on from Melinda-solo 138 days old

[ ... ] am carrying a new life too, although I have no idea at present what it might be or when it might be born, no idea what kind of a labour I will have ...

My whole, sufficient self from Melinda-solo 148 days old

I’ve read a lot around here lately about relationships. People suffering because their relationships have been torn apart by circumstances; couples drifting ...

Wet Sunday from Melinda-solo 169 days old

[ ... ] carrying is my new life, or my new self. Will it take another six months to be born? There are men doing work on the jewellers/pawn shop on the ...

Life is unstoppable from Melinda-solo 206 days old

[ ... ] a whole new life of possibilities, growing and changing like her mother did’. Clare hasn’t been to the group much recently, and I didn’t ...

Getting there from Melinda-solo 231 days old

[ ... ] with sadness, or, yes, a little sadness perhaps, but no regret. My new life is a new journey. The road isn’t always smooth. But I’m getting there.

Melinda's Independence Quiche from Melinda-solo 246 days old

1. Line a 9” flan dish with short crust – prob about 160g flour/80g fat at a guess, the recipe I use in food processor is 210g/100g, I always make ...