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Blessings
January often sees me turning reflective, seeking out essayists like Kathleen Jamie and Alistair McIntosh, to give me the words and images to navigate the dark winter days. Old folk songs sing of the ‘ghosts’ that visit us at this … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged Alexander Carmichael, blessings, carmina gadelica, charms, community, family, folk songs, gaelic prayer traditions, ghosts, grounding practices, January, miracles, mum, relfection, routine, scotland, spell songs
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Merry Christmas
We returned to a brief bit of routine this week after our spot of Covid isolation and before the festive holidays start. I remained negative throughout, and thankfully, none of us are worse the wear, though we have emerged into … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged charities, Charity Christmas Tree Avenue, children's author, Christmas trees, community, exeter, Father Christmas, Hannah Foley, home, merry christmas, Multiple Sclerosis, specialist nurse
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Pants
Last Thursday, the most amazing sound filled the evening air. Bells! I don’t think I’d realised how much I’d missed hearing them until they were ringing again. Thursday night is bell-ringing night at the parish church behind our house. Or, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged allotment produce show, bell ringing, bells, children, coffee, community, community cafe, community nursing, countryside, COVID-19, district nursing, fete, july, library, meadowsweet, nurse, nursing, pandemic, pants, rain, school holidays, summer, summer reading challenge, tansy
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A bright pebble
I found this pebble hidden on the path outside one of my visits this week. The neighbour’s front window was open a small crack. Inside the house, children’s heads bobbed around the windowsill, trying to hide, but desperate to see. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, community, COVID-19, daffodil, daffodil pebble, district nurse, family, home schooling, home visits, keyworker, nurse, painted pebble, smile pebble
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Home
This is a long one. You’d better grab a cuppa. Recently someone I know wrote an online article about home, and it got me thinking. The topic of ‘home’ is one I have gnawed and gnawed at over the years. … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged beating the bounds, belonging, blackberries, community, connections, country lanes, devon, ecology, gardening, gardens, geography, going home, growing home, hiraeth, home, landscape, local history, natural history, norfolk, Oliver Balch, paddling, people, place, primroses, putting down roots, rejection, rituals, rope swimgs, routines, sea, seasonal living, simplicity, sky, towpaths, Under the Tump, walking diary
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Carnival season
At the weekend we bundled ourselves up in hats and scarves to see one of the local illuminated carnivals. It’s a bit of a tradition in Devon. October sees most towns host their own brightly lit procession. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged beach, Bridgwater, carnival, charity, community, coppers, devon, early morning, fundraising, lights, local, october, seaside
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Rapped knuckles
The valley was so still this morning. The sky was pale pink with the rising sun and a white mist hung low over the icy fields. John Berger talks about the key aspect of community being recognition. I love that … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged business acumen, community, confidence, ice, illustration, John Berger, mist, recognition, sun rise
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The big day
For me, the theme of my sister’s wedding this week was journeys. They are not 21-year olds, fresh-faced and wide-eyed. At this stage in life things have happened to them and it hasn’t always been straightforward. While things may not … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged bouquet, celebration, community, new lives, peace, tea ceremony, teapots, time, wedding day
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