Autumn Queen
Autumn is here and this year my son hasn’t written a poem about school sucking the school out of him and I haven’t written a poem about time being strangled as I have done before:
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Time strangled,
Lies withering on the floors
Covered with the ocre leaves of August’s mourning,
Cramped, dark, confined,
Why I need silence
My ears are shutting, my brain is full!
It is 9pm and since my children got up at 7am I have been listening, first to them, then students, clients, friends, then my kids again. I love my work, my kids, my friends, my students and my clients but about two hours ago my head was … Read more
Eco-therapy
What is Eco-therapy and what are its benefits?
Before your start, if you want to try my free, online eco-therapy course called Grounded Wisdom, click here.
Did you know Eco-therapy was a thing? It is also called ‘Green Therapy’. Mind (the mental healthy charity) has a whole leaflet on it you can download .
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Thank You Winter
Thank you winter
For glowing fire and wood-smoke,
For bonfires spiraling into the early fall of dusk,
For early nights with hot water-bottles wrapped up tight,
For long hot baths, scented lavender,
For time to read, to play cards, to find myself beaten at Scrabble.
Thank you for hot drinks, warming food, clothes which drape … Read more
Snow – Accepting what is
Yesterday was our second snow day. My school and each of the boy’s schools are closed due to snow. Eldest son was sent home from school early on Friday as the buses didn’t want to be out and about and I had already cancelled what I was doing that afternoon after skidding out onto a … Read more
The shift to fifty
On Monday I turn fifty. It feels significant.
I’m really aware that I’ve not been blogging as often as I have been for the last few years. I miss it. I miss the communication it brings.
But when I sit down to write it feels like I have nothing of importance to say. In the … Read more