Untamed

To celebrate International Women’s Day, I want to share a poem I wrote to celebrate the resilience, capacity, creativity, wildness, and wisdom of women. Especially those of us who have faced abuse, oppression, violence, loss and trauma. Who have survived, overcome, risen, transcended. Who refuse to be caged, crushed, condemned, tainted or tamed. I was

Barefoot Tales

Welcome to the Barefoot blog. Pop on the kettle, put your feet up, and have a read. I’ll be sharing tales and poems, news and views about writing and the writer’s craft. I’d love you to join the conversation and share your tales too. I hope you’ll enjoy it here enough to come back again.