I had a devastating loss in March 2025, my beloved husband Phil died of cancer. It was sudden, and quick, and left me heartbroken. I’ve been slowly trying to reconnect with my writing voice after this huge gap has opened up in my life. My husband would have wanted me to carry on, as it…
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The Doll
This is Clara. She mysteriously appears in your home. On her arrival strange things start to happen. Household items are moved into different places. Things go bump in the night. Strange whisperings follow you round the house. Cold energy seems to shudder through you. Doors slam and lights flicker. You begin to wonder where she…
A Void
A big hole has opened upnow you are gone.There is no laughterthere are no tears.There is no focal pointto pass away our years. You showed us the way in lifeand how to get alongduring good times and bad,sometimes you made us madbut always gave to othersyour cheerful happy song. Now we must learn to get…
Article in Best of British Magazine – Ray The Print
In June 2023 I had an article published in Best of British magazine, all about my late father Ray Scanlon (known as ‘Ray the Print’) and his printing business in Watford. It was used in their ‘Yesterday Remembered’ section. I was very pleased to have this article published as a tribute to my Dad. He…
A Tribute to My Dad, Ray ‘The Print’ Scanlon 27/7/55 – 13/10/22
My lovely Dad sadly died in hospital this Autumn after a long period of illness. His funeral was on the 9th November 2022 at West Herts Crematorium and I was very pleased to write and read out my own personal tribute to him. Here it is below, for posterity
My Favourite Place
As I crossed over the busy road from Charing Cross station one Saturday morning in May, a year after the new Millennium had started, my head still pounded with work issues. It had been a tough week in my fledgling IT career, proving myself with some particularly complicated problems to solve. I was exhausted but…