Stories from the blue.

I picked some lavender just now from the pot on my balcony. Planting it was another of my post-Tuscany promises; there’s a note in my…

I arrived at this place at the edge of things; my profession, my health, my loves. It’s not that they weren’t mine; I could see…
I am tucked up warm at my desk, a cardigan thrown over an optimistic spring wrap dress, socks with multicoloured spots on them warming my…
I’m on another plane, flying across water. My bag is the small yellow overnighter, not the big shiny red number I bought in Florence. This…

I’m Nicole, an ocean swimmer and a writer. Welcome to my little corner of the internet, where I share my dual loves.