Category: mental health
Posted on February 6, 2019
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Just because something isn’t a big deal to you, doesn’t mean it isn’t a big deal to someone else. If someone tells you something is bothering them, listen. It’s completely okay to not understand. It’s not okay to belittle their emotions. If someone snaps,…
Category: mental health, observation, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, kindness, mental health, understanding, wednesday, Wednesday wisdom
Posted on February 4, 2019
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I felt happy several times this weekend. Playing with my little girl. Hearing her laugh. Watching her grow. Seeing friends. Chatting. Sharing. Unwinding. Watching Buffy. Chilling. Escaping. Yet as I fell asleep, or tried to, on Sunday night, all I could think about was…
Category: health, mental health, observation, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, writing
Posted on December 16, 2018
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The boy pulls my arm Look at this bubble! He cries, and sighs In delight. It sits, unharmed, on the rainy tarmac Wet and round and glossy A perfect hemisphere A ghostly fried egg imitator A final resting place With no predicted pop. It…
Category: childhood, mental health, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: bubbles, celebrations, childhood, christmas, fairs, festivals, loneliness, outdoors, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on December 15, 2018
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I often find myself distracted in the kitchen. I’m supposed to be jamming. Making jam, not music. But the pigeons coo, the great tits see-saw whistle, the blue tits chatter and the wrens scold, their huge voices belying their tiny bodies. My feelings war…
Category: childhood, cooking, gardening, mental health, Nature, observation, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: birds, garden, holidays, jam, nature, self care, Solstice, yule
Posted on June 3, 2018
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When the sun doesn’t rise Majestically over The horizon But diffuses through cloud Like milk spilling Through ink When bird song sends Rain shivering Onto sodden paths When the moon has fizzled damply And stars have sighed and left Without saying goodbye When night…
Category: mental health, Nature, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: dawn, day, Depression, mental health, morning, nature, night, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
Posted on May 14, 2018
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What a lovely weekend. I was honoured to be a part of the Online Beltane Music Festival, run by the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, and really enjoyed seeing the other speakers and performers and interacting with the guests. For those who can’t get out…
Category: health, mental health, Music, Nature, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, flowers, health, hiking, Leeds, mental health, monday blogs, nature, nature walk, Online Beltane Music Festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, photography, post hill, pudsey, Robert Frost, spring, stream, summer, trees, walking, woods, writing, yorkshire
Posted on May 11, 2018
by mabhsavage
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Just look at this line up! I’m so excited to be on the same line up as Damh the Bard and Inkubus Sukkubus, as well as amazing speakers such as Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson and Hopeless, Maine‘s Nimue Brown. Here’s the link to the…
Category: mental health, Music, pagan, writingTags: accessibility, Beltane, Damh the Bard, disabilities, equality, folk, Inkubus Sukkubus, music, music festival, Nimue Brown, OnlineBeltaneMusicFestival, pagan, pagan federation, Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, rachel patterson
Posted on April 30, 2018
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I place my ear gently to the golden trumpet What secrets do you hold? I heard you whispering Just as you called to Persephone Am I distracted by your beauty Waiting for Hades to snatch me away Or am I the kidnapper Of my…
Category: mental health, Nature, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, mental health, monday blogs, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, seasons, spirituality, spring, writing
Posted on April 30, 2018
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Swirling shroud A watery veil Like tired eyes; A crazed wail Cracks through the cloud Of foggy fear The eyes alive As shapes appear Looming, lunging Awkwardly Towards a shuddering Effigy Of something that used To be alive Now lost in the mist Struggling…
Category: health, mental health, observation, poetry, science fiction, society, writingTags: fantasy, fear, fog, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, horror, mist, monday blogs, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
Posted on April 30, 2018
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Wash dark feelings separately Press the red button Max head room uncertain Unauthorised access forbidden Stand clear of the line If you can see Where it is.
Category: mental health, observation, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, warning, writing
Posted on April 25, 2018
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Put this pen to paper Take it back Make it crack Spill the ink Like blood Sign my life away Sign my soul To the devil In the details.
Category: mental health, observation, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, books, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writer, writer’s block, writers, writing
Posted on April 13, 2018
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My thoughts, hints and tips on successfully completing NaPoWriMo, written for the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team. Read it here.
Category: health, mental health, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, disabilities team, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, pagan, pagan federation, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
