The pandemic 4 years on
Remember?
The image above was taken 4 years ago, in 2020, when we were in lockdown. In the sunshine yesterday morning, before yet more rain came, I did the same walk and the view was the same. But what has changed?
For me and lots of people I know, the lockdown in the spring of … Read more
Bio-mimicry and boiled milk
I make my own yoghurt. I have a yoghurt maker, it saves money and plastic and I know it is additive free. You have to boil milk first then leave it to cool before adding in live yoghurt from the last batch. When I tip out the boiled milk, I see this:
Milk like a … Read more
Who/what/when is your family?
In 2012 (gulp!) I wrote a blog about Soul Family: the people who really get you, see you, know you, accept you, challenge you and like you even when you have been an idiot.
I even wrote about it in my first book Love Being Me.
To help people think about this I … Read more
Sparrow Hawk
…I’ve brushed my hair,
tied my shoes,
am just leaning in to shout goodbye to my son when
there, by the back door window I see you.
Brown, gold, white,
three stripes on your tail,
perched high on an upright plank of wood.
You know I am here, watching,
inside while you are out.… Read more
Too quick to judge
Last week, down a lane near work, I saw a tractor hedge cutting. I cursed to the person I was walking with, growling at the clipping of all the berries, decrying the farmer for taking the birds’ winter food.
I went to yoga at Treflach Farm that night where the owner told me he was … Read more
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