“Come On Dee, tighter, you’ve got to get this corset tighter! I know I haven’t got much of a bust, but we need to make the most of it. We need something to distract the guards!”Can you imagine it? Dee with her foot in my back, pulling hard, trying to make a couple of pimples … More Lilly and Dee’s Excellent Adventure

Hello, I’m Petra and I am not only a member of Oasis but also a member of the Cake and Revolution (C&R) WI. So, you may ask, how did I come to choose and join the C&R WI? In 2020 the WI National ran an advertising campaign across various social media platforms identifying that the … More Cake and Revolution

One of the joys of running is having the space and the time for thought. Now if you image that since I hit the road 13 years ago, I have run something like 15,000 km, and at an average of 11km/hr, you can easily calculate that I’ve had plenty of time to ponder the meaning … More Escape To The Open Road

This story starts with a ghost of an idea. Or the idea of a ghost. The ghost went unnoticed for a very long time. It was a very quiet little ghost and did it’s best to hide away. It had to hide as people would not understand it. Its spent a lots of time’s pretending … More Ghost Story

Don’t miss Lilly latest instalment of her Escape series. … More Escape from the Country – Part 3

Hazel’s final part of her story of the struggles of being born, and living in a Sect.  Read part 1 and part 2 here. So we left. This was at the time of our youngest son being born. My mother asked to come and see him, which she did. My sister drove her to the … More A man(?) leaves a Sect: A true story – Part 3

We continue Hazel’s story…..Missed part one read it here. So my school time passed on, with few friends as it was a pointless exercise, making friends. I would not be allowed to visit their houses or socialise with them in anyway, as they had TVs and radios which were “unclean”. A girl who I had … More A Boy(?) grows up in a Sect: A True Story – Part 2

Some time ago, Hazel put pen to paper to tell us about the things trans people do. After reading the post Ultra-Orthodox and trans she wanted to tell us about being born into a Sect.  This was first published in the Beaumont magazine. This is a story I have long wanted to write but had … More A Boy (?) born Into a Sect: A True Story – Part 1