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i’ve seen my hopes and dreams lying on the ground

join me for #18 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading i’ve seen my hopes and dreams lying on the ground

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJuly 19, 2026Leave a comment
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she rules her life like a bird in flight

join me for #17 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading she rules her life like a bird in flight

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJuly 12, 2026July 11, 2026Leave a comment
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i thought my day would never come

join me for #16 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading i thought my day would never come

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJuly 5, 2026July 5, 2026Leave a comment
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lost in a dream

join me for #15 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading lost in a dream

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJune 27, 2026June 27, 2026Leave a comment
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what comes is better than what came before

join me for #14 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading what comes is better than what came before

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJune 7, 2026Leave a comment
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you can’t start a fire without a spark

join me for #12 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading you can’t start a fire without a spark

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 24, 2026May 23, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

Between Costumes

For those who are in-between chapters in their lives, this poem holds the key to what you must do while waiting. A surprising but simple order: be like a child in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. Play. Continue reading Between Costumes

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 22, 2026Leave a comment
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we can be heroes

join me for the tenth in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading we can be heroes

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 9, 2026May 9, 20262 Comments
Editorial

Play the Fool

All great things began with a trying fool. Continue reading Play the Fool

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesFebruary 6, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

The Bird of Madonna

Ailsa Gillies reflects on the mother-child bond through the eyes of a bird after visiting the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence. The Bird of Madonna is a soft reflection on how a mother’s devotion can become self-sacrificial, until the child learns to tend its own wounds. Continue reading The Bird of Madonna

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesDecember 26, 2025Leave a comment

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