Carolyn Sternes
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The Window
Candlelight dances along the walls, glinting off the polished cutlery in soft, deliberate flashes. At the centre of the table, roses rest in a crystal vase, the flame splintering through its cut grooves and catching in the diamond pattern so it glitters with every flicker. A crisp white tablecloth lies smooth and uncreased beneath it all. Two plates sit opposite one another, each bearing a carefully plated, restaurant-quality meal — composed, precise, waiting.
By Carolyn Sternes9 minutes ago in Fiction
Un-more
**Un-More** I want to share a concept that has genuinely changed my life: the Un More Theory. It’s not a professional method or a clinical model — just something I’ve developed through real experience as a 40 year old mum of a two year old, living with medicated anxiety and learning how to rebuild my energy, confidence, and balance.
By Carolyn Sternes7 days ago in Motivation
How to be a mother
Step 1: Have a baby. Sounds simple, right? It’s not. For some of us, it takes years, surgeries, miscarriages, hormone treatments, and a lot of patience you didn’t know you had. Every small success feels monumental. Every setback feels like the universe is testing you. And yet, when that tiny human finally arrives, the struggle suddenly seems worth it… even if only for a few blissful minutes before reality hits.
By Carolyn Sternesabout a month ago in Fiction
They said
just a little warmth they said — a raging inferno hello, menopause
By Carolyn Sternesabout a month ago in Poets
20 books I read in 2025
After a few very busy years, it had been a long time since I’d actually finished a book — and somehow this year I got through twenty. Some physical, mostly audio. These are just my personal opinions, so they might not match yours, but I love reading and I love writing, so I figured… why not talk about what I’ve been reading? Hopefully you enjoy it, and maybe you’ll find something you love as much as I did.
By Carolyn Sternesabout a month ago in BookClub
Hap-Free Birthday – Vegan Edition
Well, Christmas is over and bank balances are low. 2026 is about to begin, so everyone’s birthdays are ahead of us. Lucky me, I get mine in December. It’s not terrible, but it does mean waiting the whole year to squeeze all my celebrations into one month. I’ve always found that time of year to be pretty tight with money, so I started looking into what I could sign up for to get free things.
By Carolyn Sternes2 months ago in Lifehack
Level: Infinite
Light flashed around me. Buzzers rang, bells dinged. The air was thick with the scent of hot chips, a sausage roll that had clearly overstayed its welcome in the heat cabinet, and the unmistakable tang of teenage sweat. Every few seconds, a puff of fairy-floss vapour drifted past—courtesy of one guy who thought he was being subtle about his vape.
By Carolyn Sternes4 months ago in Fiction
