I stood in my parent’s garage with tears streaming down my face. I was drenched in sweat and the ache of loss that had finally bubbled to the surface after two long years away from home and since my grandmother had died. I was surrounded by an armada of boxes with my grandmother’s belongings heldContinue reading “Belonging”
Author Archives: ivyandpalm
A writer and photographer based in Oxfordshire.
Firmament to Fin
The current of the Gulf’s familiar waters slapped against our yellow boat, with a lulling cadence as we drifted quietly off shore. The tiny boat was a speck of bright yellow in a swirling sea of blue, like Vincent’s starry night. In the near silence we scanned the water searching the firmament for fins. AContinue reading “Firmament to Fin”
Missing My Target
At a park in Florida her high pitched British accent rang out from the swing set and across the whole playground like the loud echo of an annoyed macaw in the jungle. My jet lagged toddler’s high volume and foreign accent betrayed her American mother’s longing to just blend in and be left alone inContinue reading “Missing My Target”
Balancing Structures
Ballast: Objects used to weigh down, provide stability or steady structures On a cold January day I was curled up with a blue and white book when the word ‘ballast’ jumped off the page and took root in my mind. The author mentioned that blue and white porcelain, in the form of tea cups, plates,Continue reading “Balancing Structures”
For Fun’s Sake
I own a scooter. People sometimes look at me as I pass by… a forty-four year old women on a scooter. I’m a daughter, wife and mother having fun scooting, for fun’s sake. Sometimes I roll along by myself. Most of the time I scoot with our daughters and in doing so I weave myselfContinue reading “For Fun’s Sake”
