Category: livingroom

• April 4, 2022

  60km 60days

  ❤️💥We did it! Skating 60km in (a lot less than) 60 days! My legs are absolutely exhausted and I’m done with skating (for a while at least lol) but my heart is full of pride and gratitude! Big up bubs who skated his heart out and clocked up the KMs and thank you to every […]
• March 11, 2022

  Bridge

  a meeting point between two borders a chance a hope a tipping point up in flames or over turbulent waters a starting point a chance a hope a bridge
• January 29, 2022

  Probably Autistic

  I’ve had to say that phrase quite a lot over the past couple of years. Whilst my son attended nursery school the possibility was raised that he may be on the Autistic Spectrum. He had advanced verbal skills but other traits suggested that he may have ASD. As time progressed it became more evident that […]
• January 9, 2022

  Gurl Bye.

  Death of A Girl Boss We may be through the first week of the new year – but I am still going through old draft posts. Considering Molly Mae’s recent deluded ramblings – one in particularly caught my eye. It was written in 2016 and discussed the pressure to (or at least appear) “have it […]
• December 30, 2021

  2022

  Radical Dreaming This season’s holidays provided the much needed down time to go through my writing note books, incomplete posts and projects. Amongst the sprawls and scribbles I found the half written poem “Radical Dreaming”. After watching Don’t Look Up and with New Years Eve rapidly approaching, I decided to rework the poem into a […]
• November 14, 2019

  Playing the race card

  In a recent interview the “Head of Britain’s ‘strictest school” claimed that black children were using the ‘race card’ when in trouble. The rhetoric is that of an aging, white, conservative male trying to dismiss the divisive legacy of the British empire but the words belong to a youngish “women of colour” (pictured above). I wonder […]
• November 6, 2019

  Votes Count

  Don’t lose your vote Last Sunday I was prevented from voting during a local Parliamentary Candidate vote. After queuing for almost an hour with my son, I was informed I would not be able to leave the hall until the vote had concluded four hours later. 4 hours with a 5 year old and no […]
• October 13, 2019

  #itsOkNotToBeOk

  

  It’s hard to find a single person who hasn’t been touched by mental health. Whether a family member, partner or personally, the pressures of modern society are taking a toll on our collective mental health. As part of World Mental Health Awareness day, people have been encouraged to share their experiences of mental health and […]
• October 6, 2019

  Jokes Aside

  

  Surrender To The Madness. Joker review The Joker is a master piece needed for this moment in time. A time when unelected leaders shut down open debates by elected representatives in the name of democracy. A time when protestors fighting to save our planet are imprisoned or attacked whilst the perpetrators of the crimes against […]
• September 29, 2019

  Should I stay or Should I go..

  

  Every time I’m by the sea, I feel at peace and never want to leave. But something always pulls me back to the big smoke… I love the diversity, activity and randomness of London. I love my friends and family.. I love the ridiculous selection of weaves, wigs and shea butter at my local hair […]
• September 16, 2019

  Awfully Unlawfully

  

  Last week I was back at Parliament for a class trip to teach the children about democracy..however it was a tad difficult to explain how we live in a democratic society when we couldn’t watch any elected MPs debate as Parliament had been 🎉UNLAWFULLY🎉 prorogued by an unelected Prime Minister, selected by 92,153 people ( […]
• September 10, 2019

  Poets Vs

  Gender Equality To celebrate my birthday this year I decided to face my fear of public speaking and share a couple of my poems in public.  Quite a bold and surprising move considering that behind the carnival feathers and political rants, I am a very shy and private person. (No really, I am.) Spurred on […]
• July 26, 2019

  Poetry and Vulnerability 

  

  I’ve been writing poetry more frequently for about seven years but only recently  taking it more seriously with a couple of poems in publications out later this year.  I found for me, generally poetry isn’t difficult to write, it’s can just sometimes be difficult to share. Generally poetry is personal. Poems can be so personal […]