Sinful Sunday

September days

“By all these lovely tokensSeptember days are here,With summer’s best of weather,And autumn’s best of cheer.But none of all this beautyWhich floods the earth and airIs unto me the secretWhich…

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Orchard Delights

“What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights.” ~ William Lawson Since moving house back in May I…

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Blessings

“You need bruises to know blessings and I have known both.” ~ Frances Shand Kydd They hurt. My thighs. When I walk I can feel them. If I squeeze them…

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Aphrodisiac quality

“Hotel rooms have an aphrodisiac quality.”~ Craig Ferguson I wrote about hotel rooms this week for Kink of the Week. I spent ages trying to pick between a few possible…

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Belladonna

“Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.” ~ Ambrose Bierce Beautiful lady? Deadly Poison?…

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Moments to memories

Not all memories are happy. After all not all the moments and experiences we have in life is good and happy, many are difficult, sad, scary even, but they shape…

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Memory

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.” ~ Khalil Gibran I am sitting on the end of my new bed post shower wrapped in a big blue…

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Kitchen Alchemy

“You don’t have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the…

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What the hand does

“What the hand does the mind remembers.” ~ Maria Montessori And just in case I should forget he took a picture for me. On Thursday The Gentleman and I managed…

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Queerness

“If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.” ~ Zanele Muholi No more. I lived this for many years. When I…

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