Dear Friday,
The rains are here; Dampness has moved in. Sweaters unearthed from the very bottom of drawers. Blankets accumulating near all sitting...
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sabrina lloyd
Apr 21, 20212 min read
The drawer of things that didn’t work out
About six months ago I learned how to knit. Sitting in front of online videos I stitched and stitched until my fingers bled and my dreams...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 16, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
I turn on my computer to see there has been another mass shooting in the States. I turn on the TV and see a news special about all the...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Monday's poem.
A very famous one, probably familiar to you all, from Mary Oliver. It seems to fit the moment well and I love revisiting it. I seem to do...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Grief
I've been watching the George Floyd trial happening in the States. I know I shouldn't. I couldn't watch the videos from the day when it...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
Could you never tell a lie? Not even a small one. How you are, what you think, what you need. I listened to a podcast this week about...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Monday's poem
This one sinks me every time I read it, and I read it often. It's by RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS, from her collection Seeing The Body. House...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
I listened to something this week that has burrowed deep within me. I don't think I have ever been more moved by a podcast, heard...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
It's been a long week. Not much sleep, news of countries closing down again, cases rising here in Kenya. It's been scary. The virus has...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 16, 20211 min read
It's not mindfulness, it's rest.
Insomnia found me a few years ago. It comes in waves, like storms. Sometimes it is only for a night, other times it lingers for what...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
Long week. It's hot in Kenya. Bone melting hot. But the long rains are coming and they bring their own difficulty so I lean into the sun...
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