Hot. Sweat and heat and hurt as fists fly, looking for an opening. Water slick under the plastic coated shin guards, fingers curled in her gloves. Her helmet is tight around her ears and forehead, squashing her cheeks around her mouthguard, which feels dry and heavy in her mouth. ‘Point!’ The fight stops, both womenContinue reading “An Observation – Part 4 – The Fighter”
Author Archives: Helen Jones
Head Full Of Words
This morning I woke with a head full of words. Dancing around, they refused to let me back to sleep and so I gave in to their incessant call, getting up and going downstairs to the kitchen. I had woken hungry as well (not unusual for me) and as I busied myself making toast andContinue reading “Head Full Of Words”
Good For The Soul
There are places we go that are good for the soul. For me it tends to be high windswept places, where the air is so fresh you can feel it move through you, blowing away metaphorical cobwebs. The nearest such place to me is Dunstable Downs. We go there quite often, whether winter or summer,Continue reading “Good For The Soul”
Seasons Change
A couple of months ago I posted an image I’d taken at a park near my house. The sky was twilit, a sliver of silver moon visible between the bare branches that stood black against the sky. Last night I was at the same park at about the same time, and I decided to takeContinue reading “Seasons Change”
Freestyle Writing Challenge
Today I received a message from the lovely Eilis Niamh stating that she’d tagged me to take part in a freestyle writing challenge. The rules are as follows: 1. Open an MS Word Document 2. Set a stop watch or your mobile phone timer to 5 or 10 minutes, whichever challenge you think you canContinue reading “Freestyle Writing Challenge”
Be Like Water
I was reminded of this phrase the other day. It is from a quote by the late great Bruce Lee and, like so much of his philosophy, is an idea that can be applied to life outside martial arts. The fuller version of the quote is as follows: ‘Don’t get set into one form, adaptContinue reading “Be Like Water”
Birthday
I’ve just realised that this week marks a year since I started blogging. Things have changed quite a bit in that time. When I started blogging I was hoping to post something once a week, and mostly about writing. Now I try and post two or three times a week, and have expanded my focusContinue reading “Birthday”
Into The Blue
I went to the woods the other day. I love the woods – they have always been a place of magic to me. My grandmother used to take me to the woods near her village to gather snowdrops in Spring, hunt for fairies at Midsummer and take long autumn walks golden with leaves. We visitContinue reading “Into The Blue”
May The Fourth Be With You
Oh yes. Today is the day when I share with you my deep and abiding love for the original three Star Wars films. (Let us never speak of the other three episodes). Why today? Well, it’s International Star Wars day and, while I haven’t put my hair in donuts or got my light sabre outContinue reading “May The Fourth Be With You”
The Joy Of Reading
So here’s something interesting. The paperback version of Oak and Mist is outselling the e-book version by more than two-to-one. When I published, it was very important to me to have a paperback version of the book, as I personally feel that there is a wonderful permanence to being able to hold a book inContinue reading “The Joy Of Reading”
Helen Glynn Jones 