Journal
Sonia’s journal
Determined to keep the joy in food.
No mask
week 30tired energy 44 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written…
Nine minutes
week 29brisk energy 32 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Nine…
A different shape
week 27tired energy 24 replies
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it. Waking at…
Slept through
week 26rested energy 44 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find…
Sunday lunch
week 25loved energy 23 replies
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…
My mother cooks
week 24loved energy 51 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…
Starters as a main
week 23awkward energy 43 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
A wedding
week 22awkward energy 32 replies
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Cooking professionally while eating a third as much, and how she…
Two flights of stairs
week 22quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for…
Awake at four
week 21tired energy 54 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written…
I nearly did not write
week 19flat energy 41 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
An unremarkable week
week 18fine energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. I…
I nearly did not write
week 16fine energy 51 reply
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Six labelled boxes
week 15organised energy 12 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New…
Fewer, heavier
week 14tired but good energy 22 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead of the bus all…
An unremarkable week
week 13steady energy 51 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
Paired
week 12held energy 2
A gentle week, mostly. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next…
Walking
week 10tired but good energy 2
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to…
I nearly did not write
week 9fine energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. I…
I did not know
week 8unsettled energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. The hum is back, quieter. I panicked when it started returning and Jonah pointed out, mildly, that nobody had promised it was permanent. Taste changed…