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Continue reading →: Bloganuary #3: Education
What colleges have you attended? “Education is in your blood.” This is something that has been said to me by both of my parents, separately, on different occasions. It makes sense. They are both working in education. My mother’s parents were teachers. With such a high concentration of teachers in…
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Continue reading →: Bloganuary #2: Being playful
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? ‘You can have anything you want, except video games’ – this was the rule when I asked for presents growing up. Not that I didn’t get video games, mind you. It just required a delicate manipulation of my…
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Continue reading →: Bloganuary #1: The year ahead
What are your biggest challenges? My biggest challenge is making decisions. Or is it? (Ha ha) Happy New Year, everyone. I hope 2024 is a joyful and creative one. For Christmas this year, one of my presents was a 5-year journal. Each day has space for a sentence or two.…
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Continue reading →: Past Lives – my favourite film of 2023
I was lucky enough to see Celine Song’s Past Lives twice this year – once when it came out in Cardiff in October, and again just before the close of 2023 in France when it came out there too. Each viewing gave me something different, something more to glean from…
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Continue reading →: We hesitated
The train is full. People stand in doorways, coat corners hanging over the threshold. Others wait on the platform for their moment to squeeze in, waiting for someone to adjust their footing, waiting for an in-breath, for any kind of space. We decide not to get on. As we move…
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Continue reading →: Winter holiday begins
My wife has tested positive for COVID. A friend jokes that we are stuck in 2020. I get bitten by bugs while we sleep and gain three red lumps on my face. They itch and I fail not to scratch. On the Eurostar, the baby two seats down is not…
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Continue reading →: Write every day
They say that a habit can be stronger than love. I try to write every day. Something little. Something pointless. Sometimes I find that my pointless things have a point. These are the good days. Sometimes it is good to do something pointless.
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Continue reading →: A list of books I am halfway through reading
163 days by Hannah Hodgson – a poetry book sent to me to review by the publisher. Who knew you could fit so much emotion between two covers. Porn by Polly Barton – a non-fiction book picked up a few days ago in a bookshop. A collection of conversations about…
If I'm not writing, I'm snacking.
Hello,
I’m Rhi
I’m just a writer trying to live slower and be more observant of my feelings.
I am also a bit silly.
This blog is a mishmash of all that.
Rhi Axtell - Writer 