Eating Disorder Recovery as a Vegetarian — Nourish (Reblog)

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a vegetarian. Both of my parents are pescatarian, so I grew up eating very little meat. I cut meat out altogether when I was seven, mostly for ethical reasons, then fish at age twelve, and I’ve never gone back. Being a vegetarian is all I’ve ever known, so you can imagine my surprise when my lifestyle was met with skepticism and disapproval by the doctors who treated me for my eating disorder.

Eating Disorder Recovery as a Vegetarian — Nourish

*An alkaline diet is also thought to be beneficial to health.

About being a vegetarian — LEANNE COLE (Reblog)

It seemed like it was time to do a post about being a vegetarian. This month makes it three years since I stopped eating meat. In my family, I was the last one to do it. There were many reasons I resisted, but the main one was because I didn’t know what I could cook. […]

About being a vegetarian — LEANNE COLE

*An alkaline diet is also beneficial.

On First Encountering a Stallion — writing in north norfolk (Reblog)

In a dust-clouded paddock, a summer stallion,Not midnight black but deepest brown,Rolled one eye, expressive and defiant,Cautiously curious and determined to be dominant.Tendering my trembling fingers, openPalm of one hand in silent supplication,I kept the other in my jacket,Shuffling cubes of sugar in a pocket,Relishing the sweet sting of anticipation.Startled and skittering from a sudden […]

On First Encountering a Stallion — writing in north norfolk

‘Faith Alone’

Photo by Rodolfo Clix on Pexels.com

When the world breaks down,
when I grasp at something solid
and I see it fall
as dust from my hand —
I still have you

Some call you faith,
a little voice inside saying
“you’re watching a movie”,
that nothing is real
or what it seems,
while all the time I sense darkness
descending, closing in

So please stay close
and assure me,
be my inner solidity
and remove this misery;
tell me that all shall be well —
all shall be well

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Inspired by: ‘all shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,’

Julian of Norwich, from ‘Revelations of Divine Love‘

Haiku: ‘Clarity’

Transparent nature
Such beautiful clarity
No web of deceit

Copyright Francis Barker 2020