Category Archives: musings

Change Has Come

Posted on December 18, 2012 by pwettyfly

baby i have changed and he knows it, as he sits alone – for once having made plans too proud to share he feels my perpetual pain for the very first time he has his revenge the next day leaving … Continue reading →

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Could I have my friend back, please?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by pwettyfly

[Nov 24, 2012] I sit, hunched as always, listening to music off Being Human. It’s been 2.5 hours since I texted Dave and he hasn’t replied. I miss him. I wish I was talking to him. I wish I was … Continue reading →

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Maybe it’s not you, maybe it’s me

Posted on November 21, 2012 by pwettyfly

[Nov 18, 2012] I’ve always fought for Wallace, over Ellis; Aubyn I said was pure and relevant Trainspotting gave me such shivers that I’m yet to watch it; the movie lies in my hard drive unopened You always thought that … Continue reading →

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A Walking I Will Go

Posted on November 14, 2012 by pwettyfly

[Nov 13, 2012] I walked all the way home today, from work. 13.7 km according to the receipt from the cab I took 2 weeks ago. Partly for a lark – can I do this? course I can. Partly cos … Continue reading →

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To Know is not (necessarily) to Believe

Posted on November 11, 2012 by pwettyfly

[Nov 7, 2012] so do you cook for your daughter and husband? For a moment I am tempted to let it go, uncorrected, suddenly feeling weary of the awkward explanation even though I have mouthed the words so many times. … Continue reading →

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there ain’t no day like ma birth-day

Posted on November 7, 2012 by pwettyfly

[Nov 2, 2012] I was going to take off the horrid red nail polish I had chosen to wear 2 days ago, made even more garish by the middle fingers painted black. But I’m not going to anymore. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Missing: pride; since Feb 2; reward negotiable

Posted on November 5, 2012 by pwettyfly

[October 31, 2012] ‘Pride goes before a fall’ my mommy used to say to me often when I  was a kid. She considered me to be quite proud, intentionally or involuntarily mistaking my refusal to back down from my ‘alien’ … Continue reading →

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Non Monsieur, not for me

Posted on October 19, 2012 by pwettyfly

Most heterosexual women have a thing for French men almost as much as they do for Paris. Evoking scenes from Dumas even in this modern era. A bowed man kissing your hand, almost whispering ‘enchante mademoiselle’ in that oh so … Continue reading →

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Finding me a kindred spirit

Posted on October 17, 2012 by pwettyfly

I hardly know Rif. I used to think he was a bully; he thought i was a dumb blonde. Then I saw what a hard worker he was, bore witness to his great work ethic and leadership firsthand, realised that … Continue reading →

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair

Posted on October 2, 2012 by pwettyfly

8 months, exact, since everything changed. down the stairs i went tumbling down, from the illusory room i had inhabited at the top conjuring fiance and friends as i looked upon the mirage of vistas from the single window … … Continue reading →

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