Welcome back to Intwined, where the threads of yesterday weave themselves into the stories of today, and where, sometimes, the past reaches forward and leaves a mark upon our hearts that time can never quite erase. There is something extraordinarily beautiful about researching your family tree. Something almost magical about reaching backwards through the centuries, … Continue reading The Skeletons in the Family Cupboard – When the Search for Our Ancestors Uncovers Truths That Break the Hearts of Those We Love.
To my future descendants
Taking Up Space, Apologetically – When You Get Trapped Inside Your Own Head.
Sometimes the hardest place to escape from is your own head.I know that sounds dramatic.But there are days when I can take one tiny thought, something so insignificant that another person probably wouldn't even notice it, and somehow build an entire case against myself from it.A message feels slightly different.Someone seems quieter than usual.I remember … Continue reading Taking Up Space, Apologetically – When You Get Trapped Inside Your Own Head.
Dear Future Descendant… Somewhere Among the Sands of Saudi Arabia, a Piece of My Heart Will Always Remain.
Somewhere between the golden dunes and endless skies, there is a teenage girl still laughing with her dad, blissfully unaware that one day she would give anything to return. Dear Future Descendant,Welcome back to another little piece of my life.Today, I want to take you somewhere rather special.Somewhere far away from the green fields, winding … Continue reading Dear Future Descendant… Somewhere Among the Sands of Saudi Arabia, a Piece of My Heart Will Always Remain.
Dear Future Descendant… This Was England in 2026 – The things the history books probably won’t tell you.
If you are reading this in fifty or perhaps even a hundred years from now, then I imagine 2026 is simply history to you.A date. A line on a timeline. Perhaps something you once studied at school.There will be records telling you who was Prime Minister, what was happening politically, how many people lived in … Continue reading Dear Future Descendant… This Was England in 2026 – The things the history books probably won’t tell you.
Why I Blog: Leaving Little Pieces of Me Behind.
I have been thinking lately about why I blog.Which is probably quite a dangerous thing for someone like me to start thinking about, because one thought inevitably wanders into another, which wanders down a completely different path, stops to admire a metaphorical flower, remembers something from twenty-seven years ago, writes half a poem about it … Continue reading Why I Blog: Leaving Little Pieces of Me Behind.
In Each Moment, We Are Different From the Moment Before.
I have been thinking about time lately.Not time in the big, dramatic sense.Not years, decades, birthdays or anniversaries.Just moments.Those tiny pieces of time that pass so quickly we barely notice them.Because I think there is something rather extraordinary about a moment.We enter every single one as a slightly different person from the one who existed … Continue reading In Each Moment, We Are Different From the Moment Before.
