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Where have I been since the summer?
I haven’t written anything or created anything and have only had energy for doing the things which need doing. I’ve felt tired, energy-less and not very hopeful about anything, which is unusual for me.
I hit a sad place when I came back from Kalikalos in Greece. … Read more
People Circles
Hello from week one of Family Fortnight at Holistic Holiday Center Kalikalos.
So far we’ve shared coaching, Biodanza, Capoeira, beaches, waves,sun, singing, meditation, yoga, cooking, washing up, beers and Tavernas.
More importantly we have shared Being. Being together, being parents, being kids, being present, being heard, being cared for, being ourselves.
One of … Read more
‘Fear is the mind killer..’ (and how we scare ourselves)
Youngest son asked me to write this one…about the praying mantis….seen above.
Youngest son and Praying Mantis have spent a long moments of intimate contact together on the beach since we’ve been here. I don’t know if it’s the same Mantis we’ve met twice, or two different ones, but both are big friends with Youngest.… Read more
‘Sometimes I hate you’
Wow..it’s not what you want to hear is it?
Anyone hating us is not good. Least of all my 10 year old. Least of all on a great trip to Greece.
But that’s what he said ‘sometimes I hate you’ he growled and he grumped off ahead, shoulders hunched, looking for all the world like … Read more
Travel with kids
Here we are on day 9 in Greece and it’s feeling a bit more ‘normal’ or it would be if Youngest wasn’t covered in mosquito bites (we’ve now erected a palatial white mosquito net to see if we can protect him tomorrow night and have found toxic yuk to spray on him
We were up … Read more
Death, dying and the family
Before I left for Greece, I went out for a walk today with Lyn from the village and we talked about death and dying…and laughed a lot.
Which for some people might seem weird.
Lyn’s sister Jane died of breast cancer 8 years when only in her 30s and now her mum’s been told that … Read more