the Queen
The Queen’s shelf brings together her stories, poems and musings on life in and beyond the Kingdom. Here she writes about what amuses her, moves her, puzzles her and occasionally refuses to leave her alone.
- The Diamond Queen
For many years, the Queen carried a secret she did not know she carried. Deep within her lived a diamond.
- The Last Journey
When the Queen’s journey is over, gather the ashes of the souls who walked beside her and weave them with her own.
- In My Blue Cardigan
Every day with him was a gift, and somehow it still is.
- The Grief That Love Carries
The love remained, as it always had, as it always would.
- The Princes and the Deer
The noble princes had a friend, a strong, steady deer who moved through the world with certainty.
- The Wolf and the Snow
At the edge of a clearing, they saw a wolf sitting in the snow with her front paws clenched tightly together.
- The Reading Chair
Prince Dingus lay beside the Queen in the reading chair, his head resting on her lap.
- Tea
The tea is cooling. Dingus on my left, my little man, all bravado forgotten, dozing now in a strip of sunlight.
- The Look
She was lying on my lap, chewing my fingers gently, as if it eased her aching teeth.