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There's always a lesson in the story
After the invites had been handed out to my friends for a party at the local Ice Rink, days before my eighth birthday, I ran across the road behind the…
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Merriment
And a yummy quick biscuit recipe
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The Gloaming
It’s late afternoon and I’m out the door, up over the hill.
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Stormy days
The storm raged for hours, rain lashing against the windows, wind fierce and loud, us safe inside, tucked up in bed. In the morning the landscape had…
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What else really matters?
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An Award Winning Blog
I needed to wash the city off my skin. I wanted to be immersed in my beloved Atlantic, to let the cold water erase the invisible grime of the streets. I…
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Gentle encouragement to eat cake
Buds have appeared on the Christmas Cactus. Initially I thought it was far too early but then I remembered we’re almost a week into November and…
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Two films, Migrating & Food
I cried my eyes out twice this week at two very different but both poignantly beautiful films. One I watched in my living room sobbing on my own, the…
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Almost perfect & Elderberry Syrup
I wondered how long it would be until I saw the Raven. He appeared suddenly, gliding swiflty on an updraft from below the cliff, inconceivably seeming…
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