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On Balancing Creative Pursuits

As a child, I spent the school holidays with my grandparents, where I grew up with a mixture of gardening, painting and rambling. But each holiday, we would visit a nature-y place, and take a creative class. Throughout the years, I learned to sew, cross-stitch, cook, …

Essence of Green :: April

  *drip drip drop little April showers, beating a tune as you fall all around*   Reflections on the Journey May is full of health-related items, and some pretty big changes. I’ll check in when I’m able to tell you more. …

Weekend WIP #11

In the last fortnight: 1) I completed the edit of my merged story. I’ve sent it to a good friend who has never read the previous iterations; thus will be able to objectively tell me if it works. 2) We …

Spring: Time for Wishful Beginnings

This week the temperature in our flat hit 25 degrees without any artificial heating. It’s only rained once this week. The sun has been out 4 of the last 7 days. Spring has arrived. And with spring’s arrival I get …

Weekend WIP #10: Returning to Lists

Throughout my blogging experience (since 2006) I’ve toyed with a weekly or fortnightly “updates” post. Partly to share what I’m doing — to give a “behind-the-scenes” aspect — but also to get feedback, to commiserate with others and to hold me …

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Essence of Green :: March

March brought a few answers, and a few more questions. But the wheel turns and things are beginning to stabilise. The photo? It’s of the eclipse at the peak time. Gotta love the British weather…  Reflections on the Journey The health …