Category: The everyday

Fame is such a funny thing. For the last ten years I\’ve had sites on the web, they\’ve all been attached to the thing called fame. Even when I first began I had television shows from around the world wanting to interview me, \”fans\” emailling me like crazy and money being offered for this and…

This afternoon I went to the producer\’s home office to do some work and after a little while, there was a ring at the gate. It was a girl scout selling cookies. After pre-ordering a box and speaking with her, I realised she was from next door and that I had just ordered cookies from…

Whilst walking around town today, there were a few instances where people were pointing at me or acknowledging me in a weird way. I couldn\’t for the life of me understand as since moving here, I\’ve been able to be pretty invisable (in Seattle, people often stared at me because I was in neither flannel…

There\’s an outside, old-fashioned shopping area near my home, one that has turn-of-the-century homes that have been converted into art shoppes, restaurants, home bits and lots of birds that flock in the nearby river and on the boardwalk.So whilst walking down the lane I wasn\’t surprised to hear a rooster making noise but I was…

Five years ago, I purchased a small beta fish and named him Lester. One week later he died.The following year, I purchased another beta, kept him in the same bowl, named him Dude and had him for about two years.After his passing, I purchased yet another beta, named him Badass and kept him in the…

I was a very scrawny little girl. So much so that I had to wear suspenders because we could never find belts small enough. I hated pants and preferred dresses as they just seemed to fit better.While a lot of this had to do with genetics and the fact I was born with health complications…

This morning when I woke and climbed out of bed, I felt a cold floor for the first time in months. The living area and kitchen were cool too, from breezes coming in through the window.On my walk to the post I had to wear a light sweater and when I stopped at my favourite…

\”I was thought to be \’stuck up.\’ I wasn\’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.\”Bette Davis Several years ago I wrote this quote down in my journal after reading Bette Davis\’ autobiography. It\’s taken me a few years of living in America, however,…

I couldn\’t tell you exactly when it was, what I was wearing, why I was there, my exact age (perhaps around 11, I think) or the season. What I can tell you, however, was that until then, I had never seen such a beautiful site.Trees with such green leaves and such bright fruit and ground…

It\’s a little after 5am and I\’m sitting in the sunroom although there is currently no sun. Instead, there are clouds and a wind rustling through the trees, which lets me know a spring storm, is brewing; the water on the lake confirms this.Nevertheless, I have the window open; to hear the birds, hear the…

The day was cold and wet and my task list very long so I was happy when I could finally settle in for the night. I opened up one of the tins of tea that I just purchased and was so enamoured with the beauty of the artwork and packaging and the smell of the…

This month has been all about opposites; there have been so many painful, frustrating moments amidst the most beautiful and happiest. There were days of feeling so vivacious whilst at the same time being violently ill. There was knowing absolutely what I am going to do, where I’m going to live and how I want…

I was at a boutique today that had the loftiest ceilings, lots of walls and only one door in and out. Inside this boutique was a bird, flying madly around the high ceilings, looking for a way out, and never finding it despite getting so close so often. In his state of panic, he couldn\’t…