The Best Part Of My Day
The best part of my day is in the early morning. I got into the habit of rising early when the children were small. It was the only time I…
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I visited a nuclear power station last week. We were on holiday in Suffolk, and the weather was uninspiring. Being science geeks, we headed to Sizewell B to check out…
Knots in Your Life
D’you ever feel like you’ve got knots in your life? Not nice, tidy functional knots like the ones Boy Scouts tie. I’m thinking about big, gnarly, lumpy knots. The sort…
Letting the Light In: Chapter One: Another Baby
I had other plans for that day. The baby wasn’t due for another two weeks. It was a Saturday morning, and I was going to take Jerome and Verity, aged…
Publishing My First Book – A Lockdown Adventure
I have just published my first book, thanks to Covid 19! 2020 has been a year of challenges for us all. It has been a year of dealing with disappointment…
Whose Fault? The Costs of a Blame Culture
Whose fault will it be if Christmas is cancelled this year, the Government’s or the people’s? I keep seeing memes like this on social media. Trying to apportion blame for…
The Artist’s Way – finding space to play
“I teach people to let themselves be creative” – Julia Cameron Several months ago, just before the Coronavirus lockdown, my coach Rosemary suggested I have a look at “The Artist’s…
My Lockdown Camino de Santiago
Number one on my bucket list is my heartfelt desire to complete the long version of the Camino de Santiago. Five years ago I walked the final 100 kilometres of…
Finding liminal space on the Essex coast
My mathematician husband tells me that coastlines are infinite. I believe it is something to do with fractals – shapes with endlessly intricate edges. I robustly insist that my coastal…
Hope in the Box: How my hedge helped me feel better about Coronavirus
You are probably familiar with the legend of Pandora’s box. When it was opened, plagues and terrors were unleashed upon humanity. Only hope remained within. We could all do with…