Blog of Susannah Quinsee about life, work, parenthood and play
(Pointless?) Gardening I don’t know much about gardening. Like many things house-related, I’d like it all just to be perfectly ordered and tidy ALL the time, without me actually doing much. And given the state of our house which is Continue reading November 14th
Saturday poem. I am tired today (late night last night) and didn’t much of any significance but I love Autumn and in honour of my Lockdown II poems which I blogged every day last November, I decided just to choose Continue reading November 13th
It is International Women’s Day on Monday (8th March) and so in celebration of that I wanted a poem about strong women. This one pretty much fits that criteria and it was one that I wanted to include in my Continue reading A Woman Speaks by Audre Lorde
I’ve not done very well In January doing a weekly round-up. And I was going to back track then I just thought I would do all of January in one go! To be honest, this month has felt hard. I’m Continue reading January round-up
I have to confess that I do not really know the poetry of Mary Oliver. However, in her newsletter today, Adriene Mishler (from Yoga with Adriene) quoted one of her poems, ‘The Messenger‘, to reflect on belonging and taking time Continue reading Fall Song, Mary Oliver