On the Move: Life as an Army Kid
By Debbie Jinks On Friday 31st March 2017, we celebrated my mum and dad’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. They are now in their 70’s and it made me think back to my life as an Army child. We were on the move a…
Category: Journeys
Journey From Death to Life
By Elaine Mansfield I walked the trails on my land, stunned by the contrast between fields of blooming purple lupines and my numb despair. My husband Vic had died the week before. We knew death was coming, but how can anyone imagine…
Pride and Prejudice Revisited: with #HaikuJim
Emily Dickinson once famously remarked that if she felt as though the top of her head were taken off, she knew she was reading poetry. And who among us did not read “It is a truth universally acknowledged, …” and feel our heads explode?…
The Releasing of the Dam
By C. Streetlights *(CW-Content Warning) Rape, Sexual Assault, Violent Crimes * When someone is victim of a violent crime like rape and sexual assault, they know exactly the date their lives changed. There is a definitive before and after. If you were…