31st December 2008

Year makes its exit,
Slipping away with Santa,
Leaving me reeling.

30th December 2008

Ice crystal spikes cling,
Tip of my nose remains cold,
But snot thaws through it.

29th December 2008

Alternative wig,
Camouflage for boy's day out,
While I play housewife.

28th December 2008

Giving me purpose,
Pickle fetches ball I throw,
Keeping me active.

27th December 2008

Bug-eyed from watching,
Guilt at closing the shutters,
To screen out Hackney.

26th December 2008

Punch drunk from illness,
Stuffed with Christmas indulgence,
Stagger out en masse.

25th December 2008

Spreading joy in beard,
Bad Ass Pimp Daddy Santa
Connects people up.

24th December 2008

Finding stray sparkle,
Christmas seems irrelevant,
As we work through chores.

23rd December 2008

Dependable mate,
Out of sorts and out of luck,
In need of solace.

22nd December 2008

Dog fraternity,
Eclectic humans drink and
Celebrate with fur.

21st December 2008

Unable to think,
Responsibilities drift,
While I pick at grapes.

20th December 2008

Light shifts east to west,
I lie torpid watching time,
Sunk under chest's rasps.

19th December 2008

Shaking with hunger,
Quenched by three sips of miso,
Food lost its appeal.

18th December 2008

A hundred and three,
Boarding plane in fevered daze,
My voice left behind.

17th December 2008

Boy who's half and half,
'Twixt tartan and wellington,
Seeing Scottish side.

16th December 2008

Warding off evil,
Immune system under threat
As I nurse Tony.

15th December 2008

Driving to meet its
Terminal diagnosis,
A ritual clean.

14th December 2008

Walking after dark,
Pickle scavenges for bones,
I admire the lights.

13th December 2008

Riding 'Bum Bum Train',
Unexpected adventures
Require protection.

12th December 2008

Poonie and Loveshrine,
Pussy power leads the pack,
Pink flesh and vinyl.

11th December 2008

Churned ground and a skip,
Only child alone where steel
Family once stood.

10th December 2008

Decorated rooms,
From east end to Eastenders,
Spanning centuries.

9th December 2008

In winter's clutches,
Hot water bottle in coat,
Dog grapples with ice.

8th December 2008

As our journies cross,
Brief encounter with husband,
Mine in, his way out.

7th December 2008

One unit of three,
Seek to balance all their needs,
Nurture and nourish.

6th December 2008

Honkey tonk women,
More welly than Agnetha,
Not walking the dog.

5th December 2008

Core to my regime,
I stretch on balls, resist springs,
Leave inches taller.

4th December 2008

Pickle the elder
Passes on scratch and sniff lore,
Shows Charlie who's boss.

3rd December 2008

Following a star,
Days darken, Christmas coming,
Sunlight is precious.

2nd December 2008

Being an angel,
I wait in churchyard for Mum,
While she pulls crackers.

1st December 2008

Relief of blue sky,
New perspective on wreckage,
Optimism back.

30th November 2008

Smooth running of life
Now brought to tangled standstill,
Flow interrupted.

29th October 2008

Dressed in Barbie pink,
Little girls stare as they pass,
Their mothers in black.

28th November 2008

I feel bleak in damp;
Pickle hurtles after stick,
Undaunted by mud.

27th November 2008

Rich food tradition
Of peacan pie and egg nog,
Fill with gratitude.

26th November 2008

Metal trees drop leaves,
One trunk felled, roots sticking up,
Gap left in skyline.

25th November 2008

Simple devotion,
Mutual need to be loved,
Makes husband jealous.

24th November 2008

Alone in forest,
My archetypal journey
Through trial renews.

23rd November 2008

Stepping out in rain
To blow cobwebs from my head,
Sky breaks into blue.

22nd November 2008

Plaiting husband's hair,
Prelude to his boy's night out,
I miss him at once.

21st November 2008

Tony sees things wide,
Two different perspectives;
My focus close-to.

20th November 2008

My eye on the square,
Ear open in the town hall,
Finding voice of park.

19th November 2008

My inner devil,
Finds ways to distract me from
My higher purpose.

18th November 2008

At home on marshes,
Meeting place for eccentrics,
Man strides with a lamp.

17th November 2008

Following his steps,
I walk with my father's ghost,
Seeing him in me.

16th November 2008

Pushing bike in rain,
Kate listens while I spout forth
Marsh philosophy.

15th November 2008

Working the night shift,
Keeping my limbs in motion,
Bee spins to excite.

14th November 2008

Nick encourages:
"If you are given lemons,
Then make lemonade".

13th November 2008

Global recession
Means we eat more dahl and rice,
Great food of the poor.

12th November 2008

For a special treat,
We eat nuts on 'Sarah's bench,
Soaking up the view.