20 August 2020 The wind is back. Torrential rain in the night. Yesterday was a great day for a walk to Bernera Island fully described in walk section. It lies off the south-west coast, so you need to know the tides. Two hours before low water read more

My Parallel Universe Migraines gobbled up my life for three decades. This is the first chapter of a book about living with a greedy condition. While others will have similar experiences, there are no two migraineurs who have the same condition. And even for me, read more

In between bouts of pain I clutch at straws Well I’ve got news for you foul beastNot another day will I feed your greedI’m getting off your medicationYour bowl will be emptyYour greed unfed. And you will dieThat I may live. In between bouts of read more

The Venue Must be Trashed I enter my other world Where pain – a brutal sun – rises so slowly I hardly know its pointless orbit has begun Then – quite suddenlyit floods my landscapeHigher harsher more violent raysfind even my soulAnd all dreams die read more