Iona Winter

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  • Last Post

    So here we are almost at the end of 2015. Where has the year gone?  I’m pretty sure I ask myself this every year. Equally sure am I, of the… Read more

  • Connection

    It’s been some time since I wrote more than a few lines. Life has been, in a word, hectic. This week, back in my hometown (for more than five minutes),… Read more

  • I had a friend like that…

    I had a friend like that once too.   He spoke to me of faraway places with the sun in his eyes.   I remember his crinkled mouth edges and… Read more

  • Sea Blossoms

    I love how the wind swirls blossoms around the footpath.   It reminds me of your hair and kelp in the ocean, dragged by the currents.   I imagine myself… Read more

  • The P Word

    Here I am mooching around the wasteland of the interweb looking for inspiration. Or is that just the p word—procrastination? I decided to remove myself from social media (aka major… Read more

  • Invisible Scars

    Most days, I am struck repeatedly (no pun intended) by mainstream media’s words and images from other countries, where sexual violence atrocities towards women and children continue to happen. It’s very easy to… Read more

  • About Face

    Kia ora dear readers. I humbly apologise (once again) for the lack of contact. There’s been an about face. Things being as they are in writing-land, I’ve decided to set free ‘The Novel’,… Read more

  • The Point

    I walked out to the point to turn everything off but the sea whispered to me that it must continue to massage the rocks below.   The dusky sky a reminder of… Read more

  • Underbellies

    I looked up at the sky today through some plastic roofing, and watched the birds hoping across with their forked feet and soft-feathered underbellies. It gave me a completely different perspective. One… Read more

  • Right Track

    It’s been a while, but I’ve done what I said I would do—hibernating. Now I’m back. Ta-dah! While I’ve been in my interiority I’ve been thinking (a great deal) about anonymity,… Read more