They told us
history was stone.
Cold.
Fixed.
Carved by careful hands.
But history was never stone.
It was breath held behind closed teeth.
Ink smudged by tired fingers.
A name hidden in the margin
because the page belonged to someone else.
It was women
writing themselves sideways into the record.
A spiral in the corner of a notebook.
A recipe that was really a warning.
A hymn carrying directions to safety.
A thread stitched red through grey cloth.
A footnote refusing to disappear.
They called us emotional
when we remembered too much.
Hysterical
when we noticed the pattern.
Difficult
when we refused to forget ourselves.
Still, we kept recording.
On scraps of paper.
On skin.
On kitchen walls.
In archives that smelled of dust and rain.
In the trembling space between speaking
and being silenced.
Because memory is not passive.
It is resistance.
And every woman who said
No, that is not what happened,
left a door cracked open for the next one.
The next reader.
The next witness.
The next voice brave enough to write her own name
before someone else erased it.
Listen carefully.
You can still hear them.
In libraries.
In classrooms.
In code.
In songs.
In the hush before a woman finally decides
she will not make herself smaller anymore.
The archive does not sleep.
It waits.
And somewhere, even now,
another hand is drawing the spiral
in the margin.
Jh
From a book I’m writing and will be out in the Autumn.
Julan62 
Kiki Larson
May 29, 2026 at 7:30 am
The Spiral is more than a novel about history. It is a story about memory, belonging, and the quiet ways people fight to ensure their voices are not lost.Across centuries, countless women have contributed to science, art, literature, politics, faith, and everyday life, only to see their stories overlooked, diminished, or forgotten. This novel asks a simple but powerful question: What happens when those missing voices begin to speak to one another across time?At its heart, this is a story of inheritance. Not inheritance of wealth or status, but of courage, resilience, and the determination to leave a record behind. Through Lila’s journey, we are reminded that history is not only made by famous names and public victories. It is also made by ordinary people who refuse to disappear.In a world still wrestling with inequality, exclusion, and the erasure of lived experience, stories like this matter because they encourage us to listen more carefully. They remind us that every voice has value, every story has meaning, and every generation has the power to add its own chapter.The world does not change because we remember the powerful.It changes because we finally remember everyone else.
we need to be heard loud and clear!
Julan62
May 29, 2026 at 7:39 am
wow thanks 🙂 I’m hoping by the Autumn this will be out… We DO need to be heard!
Daily Draggon
May 31, 2026 at 1:27 pm
Links it pls when its sorted
Julan62
May 31, 2026 at 1:54 pm
Will do
Heather
May 29, 2026 at 8:11 am
very loud and very clear!
Julan62
May 29, 2026 at 8:13 am
couldn’t agree more actually!
Dr Janet Forsyth
May 29, 2026 at 7:47 am
For too much of history, women and girls have been expected to speak softly, wait patiently, and accept being overlooked. Yet every advance in society has been shaped by women who refused to remain silent, whether their names were remembered or not.When women and girls are heard, communities become stronger, ideas become richer, and the future becomes more inclusive. Their experiences, insights, creativity, and leadership are not additions to the story, they are part of the story.Listening to women is not an act of generosity. It is an act of justice.Because every voice matters, and every girl deserves to grow up believing that her thoughts, her dreams, and her story are worth hearing.
I mean to write this here..not on another lost.. sorry.
Julan62
May 29, 2026 at 7:48 am
Ahh, I guessed it didn’t fit, no worries Janet and thanks for taking the time to write.
Bindi
May 29, 2026 at 7:59 am
would be nice indeed if we had the same freedoms. ♥️
Binding
May 29, 2026 at 7:57 am
I’m from a country where we have hardly a voice at all… I wish with all my heart we could be equal and happy and not penalised for having a vagina!!! 🙄
Julan62
May 29, 2026 at 7:58 am
Oh MY 😦 I dearly wish that you get your wish x Stay strong..
Heather
May 29, 2026 at 8:07 am
ahh yes our vaginas! Like to be controlled by men at all times!
Julan62
May 29, 2026 at 8:08 am
LOL yup!
Heather
May 29, 2026 at 8:09 am
please leave the purchase link when this comes out..we need to scream it from the rafters!
such an important subject.
Mel
May 29, 2026 at 8:27 am
They can bloody well leave our vagis alone
Fran
May 29, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Now this is a book I would defo get!