Ottoline’s journal
May 2025
3 entries this month.
What is your secret
week 49awkward energy 41 reply
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…
Two flights of stairs
week 48quietly delighted energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Full shift on…
An hour on the floor
week 47pleased energy 51 reply
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own…