Lizzi Lewis's Blog, page 17

My Red Letter Day

Outwardly I maintain a measured scowl, but inside my heart thuds faster in my chest and I wonder whether I’ll be able to do this. My ears remain steadfastly closed to the cries of the prisoner in front of me, enjoying the show (as ever) as the guards take their positions on either side, spread-eagling…

Ten Things of Thankful 108 #10Thankful

I yawn and stretch, having hit repeat on Erasure’s ‘Stop‘, trying to fight the dizzying fog at the corners of my mind, which threatens to roll in and swamp it again. My un-drunk cup of rooibos sits almost-cool, and with the teabag still in, it’s sweet and heavily scented when I take a sip, swirling…

Trying to #BeReal

I love being a purveyor of beauty – not just your common or garden variety beauty (I mean, sure, flowers and nature and sunset skies have their place and all…) but beauty of a calibre which can bring rich princes to their knees with keen aesthetic desire (and more) and satiate every pang of their…

Ten Things of Thankful 107 #10Thankful

*hangs head in shame* Actually, no. Not shame. Because if by now you haven’t realised that this is who I am as a person, then COP ON, dammit! I’m late. Perpetually so. Even to my own party. And it’s because I’m an OPTIMIST, okay? Annnnyway… Odd week here, and with an odd ending – I’m…

Expect the unexpected

I am prostrate, as is the custom, for my kind are seen as little more than animals, even when we are soaked with blood and sweat and glory. Screams and cheers still ring in my ears as the memories of each blow received arc across my battered flesh, and the thrill of victory throbs through…

Until…

There are moments in life where everything shifts, breaks apart, and falls, jangling, back into an approximation of its former order, leaving you stunned at your change in perspective. These moments can be huge – a house fire which destroys everything you own; the birth of your child; the death of a loved one –…

THE VINCETERVIEW – All Your (bloody nosy, some of you!) Questions About Me, ANSWERED!

Hello, Considerings fans! Today is the day that you I have been waiting for with bated breath – it’s the day I, Vince, do my Guest Post of Spanglyness, wherein I answer all your burning questions about what it will be like to have Lizzi, the ultimate fart and burp monster ladylike paragon of British…

Ten Things of Thankful 106 #10Thankful

This time I’m officially late for my own link-up, and I have no excuse – you’ll have to accept that it’s who I am as a person. It’s actually not. Okay, it actually is. Anxiety has been kicking my butt for the last couple of weeks, and I’ve had some pretty sucky days. Sometimes there…

The Journey or The End

I shift uncomfortably, jammed between boxes and packing crates, my limbs tangled into ratchet-ribbons holding everything down, and anxious sweat slicks across my brow and cheeks, stinging my eyes, trickling down my neck and soaking my t-shirt.Trapped in the dark with only the soft, weeping murmurs of the others, and the scent of too-close, unwashed…

In Which I Realise Something SHOCKING About Murica

There has been the odd occasion in life where I haven’t displayed the best powers of observation or Thinking Things Through, in fact, amongst those nearest and dearest to me, the stories of my ‘lack of grasp of matters’ are rife*. A thought occurred to me the other day, as I was mulling over my…