The Sarah Nicholson Writes Blog
Welcome to my blog, where you will find new content below.
You can also access my previous blogs - unravelling-edges - about the early days of my grief journey; re-ravelling - about putting the pieces back together; and my third blog in search for lost glitter.
Just beause this is the start of something new don’t expect anything different – I will still overshare, not just about writing but real life, because everyone has a story – welcome to mine.
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Pictures of a long-forgotten kitchen
The continuing kitchen saga and the things you find when emptying the junk drawer.
Information Overload!
I clearly remember my very first internet search back in the late 80’s. I was looking for information about SCART sockets.
Ideal gifts for the middle aged
A poem inspired by a conversation about what my friend was buying her husband for his birthday.
Disconnected
A poem about choosing a new kitchen and also about foodbanks, privilege and perfect hairstyles…
Read a book and change the world
It is rare I read a non-fiction book, even more outlandish that I read a non-fiction book from cover to cover.
A Collector of Buttons
He was a collector of buttons. He stored them in jars and as a child he categorised them by colour.
Searching for hope while doomscrolling
I’ve just been doomscrolling, an occupational hazard, as in my occupation is, well let’s just say ill-defined.
I don’t want to talk about death anymore
I had two speaking engagements last week entitled from Grief to Glitter. Great alliteration but I’m losing interest.
Don’t cast a clout ‘til May is out!
Summer dresses have been relegated to the back of the wardrobe again as the storm clouds gather.
The colours of change
You may disagree with me, that’s the nature of democracy - a poem about the fallout from last week’s LOCAL elections!
An education in fashion
I reach for my denim jacket – the perfect wardrobe staple is always hanging on the newel post at the bottom of the stairs.
The strange goings on in room 143
What happens when a group of 14 writers get together for the weekend… one of them writes a totally fictitious account!
It’s NOT a competition!
Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter…
I would give you a perfume bottle…
I’ve just finished reading a book called Who Will Tell my Story – A Gaza Diary, I mentioned it in my previous blog post.
Snapshot of a timeline
I was all prepared to write a very different blog post about delayed trains and other minor inconveniences…
Bless the Work of our Hands – a review
My first impression was it is chunkier than I imagined and the perfect size to fit in my hands.
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Today’s title comes from Psalm 139 in the in the Bible. Psalms is a book of poems that describe pretty much every emotion
Return to Middle Earth
I recently saw all three of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on the BIG screen. All 726 minutes!
Unhappy with your lot? Rent a new life!
I went to see the film Rental Family last week. It is a quirky film, partly in Japanese with subtitles although mostly in English.