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The question raised itself again and again…as it does on islands. Could I live in such a quiet...

Approaching the Solstice the days are long and island days are always even longer, slower....

The pale young man walked down in shorts, with a small bundle in his hand, stripped off a...

There are such days. When the only thing to do is to yield to the urge to look out of the...

“The Outsider” What does that expression throw up for you? If you are an outsider in...

This ‘now’ does not exist. Even as I notice it, it vanishes. The poppy does not pause in its...

It has been some time since I took a local map square and went walking. It was time to do that...

A comment on Twitter early on Thursday morning: I usually leave a Springsteen concert feeling...

I have been feeling uninspired. At NaPoWriMo time this year, the invitation to write 30 poems in...

We stood on the edge of a wood. It was the bluebell time of year. Did you know that 50% of the...

What do you do when you’re not living as consciously as you might – when you’re not living up to...

The lake is not real. It was dug out by hand in the 1790s, by men with picks and shovels, and...

It’s a Thursday, and on Saturday I will be attending a book launch. Our book launch. Apart...

In the animal medicine traditions of the nine directions, that which is ‘within’ is that which...

We talked about the ones who are struggling and my friend asked, “What’s the impact on you?” ...

Truth is yes, and no, and I don’t know. It is the hardest claim to make, to say: I’m telling the...

Why do I write? Because it gives me an excuse to scavenge, to collect random details that...

What does March mean to you? If February is all about the pilgrimage of snowdrops, March is...

February. Friday. 8a.m. In a beautiful room of monochrome shades, black and white, silver and...

I sat at my journal one morning, as I do every morning, and on this occasion asked my soul what...