Jack rabbit reached his peakAt the grand old age of threeLeaping past the other young bucksAscending the summit of hierarchyYet these heights weren’t high enough for young JackA propitious visionaryJack had a knack for selling dreamsTo the rest of the colonyHe imagined a life for his fluffleWith machines that would do all the workFrom the … Continue reading The Rabbit Trap
Author: Rae Cod
Back from retreat: re-retreated?
I've retreated from my shamanic retreat. What a lovely few days it was. Lovely is a bit of an understatement, but I'm at a loss for words to describe it. It goes something like this: People: 'So how was it?' Me: 'Good, yeah, really good.' [Change subject] The problem is, it's quite hard to describe … Continue reading Back from retreat: re-retreated?
Ladybird
The ladybird emerged from her pupaA day she’d awaited so longThe day she would finally take her placeIn the family to which she belongedFour stages of transformationpaved the way for this day:Egg into larva, larva to pupaNow her spots were on their wayShe came from an eight-spotted familyHer mum and her grandma and all those … Continue reading Ladybird
Lightbulb Moment: claim your voice
Dr Gladys McGarey is a 102 year old medical doctor and pioneer of holistic medicine. I listened to her chatting with Elizabeth Day on the How to Fail podcast while I was walking the hell hound (our new affectionate term for the dog, inspired by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens) and there was … Continue reading Lightbulb Moment: claim your voice
S’mother’s Day
I’m a Mum on Mother’s DayWondering why I feel this wayWhy does a day that’s all for meConstrict me so uncomfortably?There’s cards and pressies, hugs and kissingWhy do I feel there’s something missing?Shouldn’t I just accept the praiseheaped on me and demand a raiseFor taking care of these kids of mine?Yet here’s the problem, clear … Continue reading S’mother’s Day
Savour the flavour of your life
My daughter's excited because we have a few gigs lined up this year. She was telling me how lucky her friends think she is because she's been going to gigs since she was eight years old, whereas some of them have never been to a concert, which led us to talk about what her friends … Continue reading Savour the flavour of your life
Duck
Duck waddled down the winding roadHope tucked under her wingA dream one dayshe’d see the seaHear how the water could singWaddling alongQuacking her songDuck and the open roadDuck met a drake on her journeyHe said,“come back to my pond with meThere’s dabbling delights for ducks like usOnly danger awaits at the sea.”Duck told the drake … Continue reading Duck
Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
Do you ever get those days when the Universe is pointing you in a completely different direction from the one you intended to go? I’m having a week of it. On a couple of days when I’d planned to work I had a sick child at home (no sympathy needed, he began to recover on … Continue reading Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
Remembering Me
I’m stuck in a drudgeWading through sludgeCoaxing my feetBut they’re playing hard to budgeMy tail is in front and then it’s behindI can’t seem to catch it (God knows I’ve tried)This trudging and grasping and spinning’s a choreI’m not really sure I can take any more…But then…I take a deep breathExpanse in my chestMud washes … Continue reading Remembering Me
What happened to January?
And most of February, as it turns out. Yes, this post has been sitting in my draft box for weeks while the days have disappeared in a puff of smoke, and not a blog post in sight. We’ve got a lot to catching up to do, better put the kettle on. New York in the … Continue reading What happened to January?
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