Kerry Mead

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Kerry Mead

Kerry Mead

Music, Culture, and Creative Writer.

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Essays
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I graduated from my MA today, it was the best day shared with my amazing kids and the great friends I picked up along the way.

I took my Nan along with us - well, her rings anyway. She embarrassed the hell out of me in my early 20s telling everyone

I went to the garden centre this week and spent loads of money. Derek Jarman made me do it.

I love sitting out here with a book or friends, but the garden in my rented house is horrible. Covered in lime stone chips, cracked concrete slabs and surro

A Monday evening reminder that creativity needs moments of sharing and mirroring to bounce off, spark new ideas, and refocus.

I've just come out of the first of a series of workshops from @divergent_design_studios and @glasgowzinelib offering up al

What makes you feel anchored when everything around you is going wonky?

Today, I've been thinking about hyperfixation as a form of anchoring. Hyperfixation is an intense interest, usually short-lived and quickly forgotten. In the past I've hyperfixa

My head's been all over the place this week, I've been stuck on the sofa recovering from keyhole surgery, and my brain has been chewing on some really difficult news.

I haven't felt able to concentrate on working on stories, so after a friend lent

‘Our Dah used to love getting down the stadium of a weekend, put some cash on the dogs after work Fridays, have a pint in the bar, chippy on the way home, then back down Saturdays to catch the Rovers game. […] All of it gone now of cours

My favourite 2023 Christmas presents - books & socks, bitch - have somewhat elevated my lurgy-ridden Boxing Day plans to lie on the sofa with a very poky Bloody Mary doing nothing at all.

Thanks, kids, and @here_for_the_week ❤️🧡

#boxingday #n

Our Christmasses have always looked a little different. We are a neurodivergent household, and about ten years ago, I decided to throw away all the expectations I put on myself and on them to have this 'perfect' Christmas, and to firmly yet politely

Bets are now open.

I'm taking a 12 year old and 15 year old away for 3 days of christmas fun. How many minutes will I a) do any of mum's weird writing in that notebook, or b) read.

(Best sticker ever courtesy of @blacklodgepress).

#fuckmachobulls

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