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Post-natal emotion
There's a numbness with now That I can barely feel Its strength like Hercules rages through me As passion for life and action cease You...
Freyja Torn
Mar 10, 20201 min read
Contraception discussion
Here's a thing: in my late teens and twenties I was just grand at taking the combined contraceptive pill, every single day for 3 weeks...
Freyja Torn
Mar 5, 20203 min read
Dragging mumma
At 5 am I'm not ready to begin But there you are shooting from the covers like space matter Where is your catalyst? Assist me to find...
Freyja Torn
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Jar full of dreams
Last night was a jar full of dreams A lidded case of sleep. The jar was empty for months As the rest didn't come And Tired knocked at my...
Freyja Torn
Feb 2, 20201 min read
Baked therapy
Orbiting around the gifted wooden spoon Currants cling like stars to their poles, taking Hold to the infinite space of Stellar Make up:...
Freyja Torn
Jan 11, 20201 min read
Automatic speaking: a revolution in oral exchange?
Do you find yourself editing what you say and to who? Akin to automatic writing I'm trying out a new voice for myself, or shall I say,...
Freyja Torn
Jan 10, 20203 min read
Notes on a toddler
Busily you chase anything that moves, If you could live in a zoo, your days flitting from creature, to the climbing frame of nature:...
Freyja Torn
Jan 4, 20201 min read
New year is nothing special, so why bother?
Anyone else really looking forward to Monday? Start of a new week where the main focus isn't 1000+ calories, and a static relationship to...
Freyja Torn
Dec 30, 20192 min read
Rocking the festive nerve
It's proving harder than expected to move away from a version of Christmas I've always known and loved as my family and I eschew the...
Freyja Torn
Dec 15, 20192 min read
I'm not okay. You're not okay. And that's okay.
I have hit a crisis point and I know I am not alone. In fact I know I am very much in an audience of good company: how does the saying...
Freyja Torn
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Study break summer wipe out
Around the end of May my study year with OU (open university) ended and I was basically wiped out. Consciously, my mind was set on taking...
Freyja Torn
Sep 20, 20193 min read
Back to school buzz
Anyone else feel a real buzz at this time of year? The leaves are curling into amber crisps, the still-bright days are cooler (and more...
Freyja Torn
Sep 2, 20191 min read
Cloaked in Old Father Time
All seems a bit foggy right now, like the fog of all-that-is-serious has dressed me. Maybe I look the same as always on the exterior?...
Freyja Torn
Jun 30, 20192 min read
Another man's junk, and all that tat
Another person's junk doth not make for any man's treasure... does it? The world of second-hand purchasing and hand-me-downs can be rife...
Freyja Torn
Jun 23, 20192 min read
Infant University
When I discovered I was pregnant with Bb, other than being elated/ nervous/ ridiculously under prepared for a pretty dodgy pregnancy with...
Freyja Torn
Jun 6, 20193 min read
Should we quit co-sleeping? And, hello old fiend...
When we moved into our new (to us) rental property Bb was roughly 6 months old, and set to move into his own bedroom. 2 months in, we're...
Freyja Torn
Apr 28, 20192 min read
Why Dungarees?
They are practical- hundreds of pockets for: wipes, spare nappy, food pouches, banana (ultimate mum AND baby/ toddler snack). You can...
Freyja Torn
Apr 23, 20191 min read
The cafe days are over
They told me it would come... naturally I didn't really believe them... naturally I was wrong. Ah those "blissful", newborn days....
Freyja Torn
Apr 7, 20193 min read
Is it ok to enjoy the silence?
Since returning to work a couple of weeks ago I've noticed how much quieter my Mondays through to Wednesday's are (the days my mum grabs...
Freyja Torn
Mar 23, 20192 min read
Express yourself
Much like the majority of this process (new motherhood) expressing at work is a new phase I've blindly stumbled into. It is challenging...
Freyja Torn
Mar 17, 20193 min read
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