A meditation of word purge

Want to deal with your feels? Meet them on the blank page, says Tanya MeesonWoman&Home, October 2022 I started journaling when I was 13. My stepmother had bought me a ‘Diary for Ladies’ for Christmas and when 1 January 1990 rolled by, I began dutifully recording the daily summary of happenings and feelings, often withContinueContinue reading “A meditation of word purge”

Chanel No.5, the smell of angels and feeding my brain

A few weeks ago I decided I needed to read more. Not just books, but thoughtful pieces on thought-provoking topics. In actual print. It just so happened then that my in-laws were clearing out a pile of hand-me-down London Review of Books which they handed down once more to me. Hand-me-down-hand-me-downs. It’s certainly a moreContinueContinue reading “Chanel No.5, the smell of angels and feeding my brain”

To the sea

Finding your tribe is about expanding your world, says Tanya MeesonWoman&Home, August 2022 Sarah was the one who alerted me to it first. ‘Isn’t it weird how it’s always women?’ she said as we bobbed in the gentle, cool waters of False Bay. It was early morning, still summer, and the first people in theContinueContinue reading “To the sea”