May there be braver days ahead of us Wiser days Kinder days If we can’t see it, feel it then I hope we can create it May 2019 be the year of giving a shit We can’t afford not to May we be steadfast in our empathy May we continue to be resilient If not …
Author: Sarah-Louise
It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop
It seems fitting that this December, my number one song is a Frightened Rabbit one. It’s a dark but lightly hopeful song which, I guess, sums up a lot of their lyrics, really. I spent a weekend this month with American friends who’d travelled over to do Sleep in the Park and come to terms …
The Woman I Am At 29
I’m the friend that has The Stories. Stories of sharing my most excessive nights with people that I’d previously never met, going home with men I hated, flying to the other side of the country with only £10 to my name to salvage a relationship I wasn’t sure that I wanted – only to …
A Weekend in Riga
A taxi, a flight, a bus and a long walk brought us to our apartment in Riga. Riga wasn’t really on my bucket list. I didn’t know much about it, to be honest until I met a Latvian person. I’m ashamed at how little I knew about such a hugely fascinating corner of the world. …
What Did I Miss?
Imagine me jazzing onto my blog like Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton when he returns to America. If that is lost on you, just picture me awkwardly doing jazz hands. I’m baaack! From Abba to Zappa has been my longest-running blog, ever. I’ve had countless LiveJournal, WordPress, Blogger, etc accounts since I was 12 years old(!) …
Slowing down with the Gudak App
I’ve never fully understood the sentiment of being frustrated at people for not sharing their “real” lives online. Instagram is a curated feed mostly full of people’s happiest or most idyllic moments. Of course, it is. There aren’t many of us that think to take a photo of the more dull, lonely, sad hours …
The Magic of Tribute Acts
Music to me is more than just music. It’s an ongoing soundtrack of my life. There’s no life event I’ve experienced that I haven’t related back to a song, or an album. My emotional connection to music is so strong that I have had to let go of albums I adore because they just, now, make …
The Fibroid Diaries – Entry #1
I touched on this previously but for a few years now, I’ve been suffering with fibroids. It’s been a long, infuriating road and before all this, despite having endometriosis and ovarian cysts, I had never heard of fibroids. The thing is, a lot of coverage of fibroids says that they’re harmless and most people don’t …
Jem-sagne (Easy Vegetable Lasagne)
I have to have more surgery. There’s not really a lot more to say on it. I need more surgery and this time it will be major surgery so I have to lose weight beforehand to limit blood loss (or something like that). I was very gutted when I found out and I took a …
Beachy Head
One thing I never anticipated from getting a little older is having such an appreciation and longing for the outdoors. I work 9-5 on websites and while I usually love what I do, it’s given me a deep appreciation for tangible, natural surroundings. Websites are great fun but I can find myself so enveloped in …