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Helen Gaudin
Jan 252 min read
The Art of Tea - 26/01/2025
It is a long time since I have done an Art of Tea post, but it just seemed the morning for it. I have a sense of joy today, “it’s...
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Helen Gaudin
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Diary of an Overweight Cat #3
Destination down, the journey continues. The new diet is a bit of trial and error. Mum has had to fix food so that I will eat it. She...
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Helen Gaudin
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Along the Diet Path
Diary of an Overweight Cat Destination Down Along the Diet Path I decided to surprise Mum today. When she arrived home from work, I...
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Helen Gaudin
Jul 26, 20212 min read
The Journey Begins
Diary of an Overweight Cat Destination Down The Journey Begins Today Mum took me to the vet. I didn't want to go, and I expressed myself...
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Helen Gaudin
Dec 11, 20207 min read
The End is but the Beginning
The inside of Harold's head was a wonderful, endless place, and Harold was happy to live in his mind. He pottered around his kitchen,...
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Helen Gaudin
Dec 1, 20206 min read
The Bargain
I stared in the mirror, loathing the image presented; large breasts, hourglass curve at the waist to the wide child-bearing hips. Tears...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20207 min read
Down to the Bone.
Staring at my reflection in the mirror I am jolted by the face looking back at me. Who is this person whose face breathes out winter’s...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20206 min read
The Screaming Banshee
One of the problems in the world today is the wilful blindness people exhibit. Take fairies for example, all around are images of pretty,...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Overheard
I stood in the line at the coffee shop idly listening to the people around me. ‘Are you coming to the movies Wednesday’ from a young girl...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Do I Exist?
As I walked down familiar streets made unfamiliar; emptiness blooming like a strange mould in the houses I passed. The sky appeared to be...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Half-life
I crouched down in the dark corner of the rundown barn. My stomach cramping, I had last eaten three days ago. I huddled knees tight...
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Helen Gaudin
Oct 18, 20201 min read
The Worst Hangover
I knew I shouldn’t have started on the Tequilla. I lay spread-eagled across my bed, head pressed against the wall. The pressure was...
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Helen Gaudin
Jun 7, 20203 min read
The Art of Tea
A late start today, I woke up with a really bad headache, so medicated myself and went back and lay down on the bed for a while. With the...
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Helen Gaudin
May 30, 20203 min read
The Art of Tea
Winter’s coming. We have a nice clear day for the last day of autumn I looking out and through the bare branches on the trees seeing...
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Helen Gaudin
May 21, 20204 min read
My Redeemer
124 was spiteful. The spite like bile, a secretion passed from inmate to inmate changing humours into aggression and depression equally....
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Helen Gaudin
May 9, 20203 min read
The Art of Tea
A still grey day,outside the quiet permeates everything. Inside I am listening and joining in Mantra chanting with Deva Premal Mantras...
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Helen Gaudin
May 2, 20202 min read
The Art of Tea
A grey and rainy Sunday morning in the last month of Autumn. I look out my windows and visibility is very limited. To combat all the...
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Helen Gaudin
Apr 18, 20202 min read
The Art of Tea
A slow start this morning I woke to the sound of rain. Autumn showers, grey sky still holding in the warmth, sun peeking through slanted...
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Helen Gaudin
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Kitchen Boss
There once was a cat named Serida Who wanted her human to feed her In her twist and turn tactic She performed feline magic Until her...
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Helen Gaudin
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Run with the Wind
My earliest childhood memory is painted in my mind in sepia. I am sure this is because of the photos of the house I have seen over the...
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