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6 juillet 2025
The question raised itself again and again…as it does on islands. Could I live in such a quiet...
28 juin 2025
Approaching the Solstice the days are long and island days are always even longer, slower....
22 juin 2025
The pale young man walked down in shorts, with a small bundle in his hand, stripped off a...
15 juin 2025
There are such days. When the only thing to do is to yield to the urge to look out of the...
8 juin 2025
“The Outsider” What does that expression throw up for you? If you are an outsider in...
1 juin 2025
This ‘now’ does not exist. Even as I notice it, it vanishes. The poppy does not pause in its...
25 mai 2025
It has been some time since I took a local map square and went walking. It was time to do that...
17 mai 2025
A comment on Twitter early on Thursday morning: I usually leave a Springsteen concert feeling...
4 mai 2025
I have been feeling uninspired. At NaPoWriMo time this year, the invitation to write 30 poems in...
27 avril 2025
We stood on the edge of a wood. It was the bluebell time of year. Did you know that 50% of the...
20 avril 2025
What do you do when you’re not living as consciously as you might – when you’re not living up to...
12 avril 2025
The lake is not real. It was dug out by hand in the 1790s, by men with picks and shovels, and...
6 avril 2025
It’s a Thursday, and on Saturday I will be attending a book launch. Our book launch. Apart...
30 mars 2025
In the animal medicine traditions of the nine directions, that which is ‘within’ is that which...
23 mars 2025
We talked about the ones who are struggling and my friend asked, “What’s the impact on you?” ...
16 mars 2025
Truth is yes, and no, and I don’t know. It is the hardest claim to make, to say: I’m telling the...
9 mars 2025
Why do I write? Because it gives me an excuse to scavenge, to collect random details that...
2 mars 2025
What does March mean to you? If February is all about the pilgrimage of snowdrops, March is...
23 février 2025
February. Friday. 8a.m. In a beautiful room of monochrome shades, black and white, silver and...
16 février 2025
I sat at my journal one morning, as I do every morning, and on this occasion asked my soul what...