Author Archives: yespaulineeyre

Today my head is buzzing with stuff to share, but it’s all pretty same-y. I miss people, I miss comedy, I miss my mum, I miss everything that the pandemic has taken away. Most of it is temporary (most of it *sad face emoji*) and when those things return I’ll appreciate them all the more.Continue reading “The BEST bits about menopause”

This is my mum’s box of tissues. She would keep it on her lap constantly, because her eyes watered and she wanted to be able to wipe them. Always the same brand, with the jolly box, always on her lap. When she died, the box was quite full, and I took it home. I’ve criedContinue reading “Endings”

Sorry about that. There’s just been so much OF NOTHING going on! I popped into a supermarket this morning. First time in over a month. I was proper nervous, practically ran in, grabbed the carrots I’d forgotten to order in the online shop and ran out. Security guard wasn’t impressed…arf! I’ve had a dilemma forContinue reading “It’s been a while…”

When my mum died 6 months ago and people asked how I was, I would say “I’m broken’. I wasn’t prepared to be terribly English and say “I’m fine, how are you?” I was bloody broken and I needed to say it. I needed others to understand that I was absolutely and in no wayContinue reading “Not Broken”

“I’m just popping over to my mum’s!” I used to call out behind me a couple of times a week as I left, to go and sort out her meds, empty the bins and get the best hugs in the world. That stopped earlier this year when the pandemic hit and I couldn’t visit. FourContinue reading “Empty Shell”

I keep meaning to bring this blog back to comedy, but I also keep meaning to bring my life back to ‘normal’ – neither seems to be playing ball. The grief gets in the way of everything, it seems. When I was very small, around 4 or 5 I’d say, I went shopping with myContinue reading ““She’s middle-aged…””

So my last post was about how I did my show in Brighton, and how amazing that was. Well, the lovely people at Sweet (I mentioned them last time, didn’t I?) have recorded it and you can watch it on Sweetstream for a mere £6. It was a small but perfectly formed audience (damn it,Continue reading “And you can watch it!”

Well, what a rollercoaster of emotions! I spent the weekend in Brighton performing with the lovely people from Sweet. Brighton Fringe was postponed in May and of course I agreed to defer the show because I knew damn well there was no way it would actually happen in October… ha! The organisation was as SweetContinue reading “I did my show!”

I was quite depressed when I wrote last night’s blog. I was wr… damn, I struggle with this one. I was wr… come on, Pauline, you can do it… I was wrong. There. I said it. It is utterly delicious and took me straight back to childhood birthdays. In fact, it tasted of her love.Continue reading “***STOP PRESS*** Chocolate Cake Update”