Fanciful Discords

May 8, 2022

An Honest Mistake

Hello old friend, it’s been a while. I’m currently in the shade of my garden with a cup of tea, my laptop and a really bad mood. It’s just like the old days when this blog began (which must be almost 15 years ago, right?) I feel a strange mix of comfort and defeat. Why […]

September 10, 2021

Lately, I’ve been thinking

It’s been a while since I last wrote something down. Reading back, I’m still riding the same insane brain waves. Still feeling totally confused by the clouds of anxiety and I’m still floating above a large expanse of metaphorical dark water. But enough of those cryptic descriptions. Describing a kaleidoscope of feelings, emotions, happenings and […]

April 19, 2020

Don’t Be Afraid

Am I still in the fear zone? When the news about the pandemic first hit home and we were sent to work remotely, that was when my attitude changed and, irrationally, it felt like my entire world was crashing down. Arlo caught chickenpox that week so our household was on self-isolation mode a week earlier […]

April 10, 2020

Sunset On Lockdown

One Minute: I was on a white-sand beach, glowing under bright sunrays and looking out at sparkling ocean waves. Arlo was running and squealing with excitement around me. You were dancing at a distance in my mind. For the first time in so long, I was okay, teetering on the edge of happiness and finding […]

January 11, 2020

A Story To Remember

One of the goals on my New Years list was to have a go at writing a book. When I’m faced with another crash dive to dark days, I’m in my most creative state. My mind wonders with mixed emotions to the past, then to the temptations of the future. An ulterior universe where time […]

December 31, 2019

I had a dream, I got everything I wanted

Can you believe it – Fanciful Discords started a decade ago, my public diary and scrapbook of music reviews. I was living in Cardiff when it all started and I was with someone I honestly thought would be my partner for life, boy I loved him. Really, it was because of him that I started […]