I woke up to a positive affirmation on my phone screen last Tuesday morning stating ‘I will have a great day’. It was the day my Dad died. My immediate thought reflecting on that…
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We escaped the rock this summer and headed west to the USA, en famille, to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Mr W had popped the question 21 years ago on a paddle steamer in…
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I’ve just discovered this beautiful spring poem by Richard LeGallienne and had to share. I’m loving the mornings packed full of beautiful birdsong and the hedgerows bursting with blossom as spring fall riotously into…
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Summer’s coming The summer wardrobe is, optimistically, unpacked and hanging in the wardrobe. The sun is teasing us with its sporadic presence. I’m going on holiday in ten weeks. And my waistline is rather…
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Quite simply, we need to start being a little bit more bee friendly. They need our help! Last weekend I signed up for the ‘keep your garden buzzing’ Ransoms event, to find out why.…
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Mindfulness is a word that just won’t go away. It’s packed into articles I read, conversations I have and emails I receive. But what is it and why does it matter? Are you stuck…
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I’m now five days in to a chest infection and cold and am feeling pretty miserable. With regular bouts of coughing and spluttering, washed down with antibiotics and flu remedy pills I don’t seem…
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This week my tastebuds were in for a riotous treat at the annual Gurkha Welfare Trust ‘bhat’ (curry) night. In a packed TA centre, our plates groaned as we piled them high with pork,…
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No one prepared me for it. How could they? The intoxicating love that was unlocked at your birth. Raw, painful, overwhelming. In that moment, my life had purpose. I had been given the most…
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Guilt is a pile of crap. For something so negative, I’ve become really rather expert at welcoming it into my life at the expense of other more joyous emotions. Why does guilt manage to…