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Changing The Narrative
by Cara Alwill Leyba I have been doing a lot of soul searching recently. Maybe this is a midlife crisis, who knows, but what I do know is...
Mary Fletcher
Apr 22, 20244 min read


Belonging
Hello everyone, Here I am. I’ve spent many weeks wondering what to write, who wants to hear the ramblings of a 45 year old tired and...
Mary Fletcher
Nov 25, 20235 min read


Raise Your Freak Flag High
Well hello my friends, it has been awhile since I posted anything here so thought I would rectify that. A lot has happened in the interim...
Mary Fletcher
Nov 28, 20226 min read


Travelling
As with the rest of the world at the moment, I haven’t done much travelling of late, except for the journeys to and from work and the...
Mary Fletcher
Oct 19, 20203 min read


The Whisper
I don’t know why I chose to write this today of all days, the 8th anniversary of my daughter’s death but I wanted to share this whilst it...
Mary Fletcher
Jul 31, 20203 min read


The Hollow
I was asked recently which of my poems is my favourite and truthfully one of my favourites is this one, even though I wrote it this month...
Mary Fletcher
Jul 31, 20192 min read


Igniting a Fire
So I have been absent for a little while due to one thing or another, trying to get myself back to some semblance of normality since my...
Mary Fletcher
Jul 9, 20192 min read


Righting My Ship
So my last blog was all about my listing ship, how depression had me firmly in it’s clutches and how I was attempting that whole rubber...
Mary Fletcher
May 17, 20194 min read


Fractured
So where have I been? To quote the Beatles… “Here, there and everywhere.” Which is exactly where my mind is right now. I’ve spoken about...
Mary Fletcher
Mar 3, 20192 min read


The Wind
Part of my whole time to wake up resolution is to do things outside of my comfort zone, facing my fears of rejection, my own self...
Mary Fletcher
Nov 13, 20181 min read


Fighting Back
This image kind of sums me up at the mo. I’m not quite sure what has happened over these last few months to me but I feel like I have...
Mary Fletcher
Oct 14, 20183 min read


Waiting For Me
There’s not been much writing going on this last month. I am annoyed… At myself…I guess like a lot of other writers and non writers I am...
Mary Fletcher
Aug 31, 20182 min read


Untold Stories
There are many stories left untold, the ones we keep to ourselves, the stories of our lives, our memories of loved ones, the good and the...
Mary Fletcher
Jul 19, 20184 min read


The Walls Between Us
I was chatting to a colleague this week about our various life experiences and how good we become at putting up walls around us. A...
Mary Fletcher
Jun 17, 20184 min read
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