Otters, words and buy a share of Babbinswood Farm
Otter
I found a dead otter by the side of the road the other day. It looked peaceful. Its front legs were crossed gently as if relaxing. It had a face like a dog. It didn’t seem crushed or injured so I’m not convinced it had been hit by a car, but they why was … Read more
Sometimes broken is better
I planted sunflowers again this year, from the gleaned seeds of last year. They have to be one of my favourite flowers, bright, robust, direct, stark against the sharp blue cold sky today, but also against the black grey of the week. The bees love them, the squirrels hang off them feeding. They make me … Read more
Screw Valentines Day
I spent the weekend in the South visiting old friends, some of whom I haven’t seen for nearly 8+ years and yet, such love and warmth, so much laughter and welcome, such easy reconnection and recollection.
And isn’t this love?
I’m a notorious connector of and with people. If I like you and think of … 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
Fox – real or metaphor
I love this card. I bought it on a walk with Liz at the coffee shop on Ynyslas. I love how curled and cozy the red is.
I saw a mother and her cub on a spring dawn, in a dingle, leafy-dark, but then, within the last 3 weeks, 5 foxes more.
One I missed … Read more
Happy 2024 – what do you wish for yourself?
Dear Reader,
I want to say sorry for not having written out-loud for so long. I’ve just checked; 1st October 2023 – Sparrowhawk. Where did that time go? Another year gone.
Life has been going on, as it does. Work, kids, friends, house, health. I am lucky to have so much, so many. I … Read more