Small things make a smile
Small things which made me happy.
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We were driving into Shrewsbury when I saw smoke rising from the verge.
As we got closer it was clear that the grass was on fire and that there was a big old hedge behind it which would be catching light within a few wind’s breaths. So I … Read more
Seasonal adjustment
I love how tuning into the seasons becomes easier as I get older. Red wine and Guinness in the winter, white or rose and larger in the summer. Fiction and poetry in the winter, non-fiction in the summer. In the winter I gain weight from stews, snuggling and chocolate, but I don’t worry about it … Read more
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
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