This story was shortlisted in the 2020 International Bath Flash Fiction Prize and was first published in the 2020, Bath Flash Fiction Anthology, Restore To Factory Settings. Coal is hard to work with when you didn’t grow up with it. It’s like trying to burn stone. And the fire’s out. Again. I kneel in the … Continue reading How to Light a Coal Fire
Blog
Welcome to our crisis
It's not so bad in here. I'll admit to a few existential hiccups. One of them is constantly forgetting we're in a different world and carrying on for a second like nothing has changed. It's an odd feeling when I remember a lot has changed. Does anyone else occasionally feel a flash of being in … Continue reading Welcome to our crisis
How to poach a perfect egg
Skip to the bottom if you want to get right to what is seriously the easiest and fastest way to poach an egg. There's a ritual my husband and I keep to without fail, as we drive into work on a Monday. It generally follows a weekend of excess, too much wine, too much cheese, … Continue reading How to poach a perfect egg
On the forest floor
"Grief grinds slowly, it devours all the time it needs." Long Witt Woon: The Way Through the Woods. Five years ago my friend died. Not without notice, but it was fast and I felt riven. I'd lost good friends and family before and grieved desperately for them, then and now, but this loss blew me … Continue reading On the forest floor
The magic of old friends
Old friends. A mirror, a lighthouse, a sure path in the dark.
I remember you
On learning to love and saying goodbye.
When life gives you lemons
When you have too many lemons, here's a simple recipe for an environmentally friendly lemon cleaner which uses the juice and the peel.
At The Edge
How I jumped off a skyscraper, lost my mind and found it again. An essay on trauma and recovery.
The problem isn’t Freo, it’s you.
In defence of Freo.
