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Read more about the article Holding my Grandson in Advent

Holding my Grandson in Advent

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:December 23, 2022
  • Post category:Life and faith/Living Gratefully/Uncategorized

The foetal curl of your spine And your silky, floppy head Warm in my hand. Slate eyes blinking open, unfocused, Onto the blur of the world, You hiccup and yawn…

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Read more about the article The Best Part Of My Day

The Best Part Of My Day

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:June 23, 2022
  • Post category:Living Gratefully/meditation/Uncategorized/writing and creativity

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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Read more about the article Not working?  Fully functional.

Not working? Fully functional.

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:June 9, 2022
  • Post category:Life and faith/Living Gratefully/Uncategorized

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…

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Read more about the article Knots in Your Life

Knots in Your Life

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:May 20, 2022
  • Post category:Life and faith/meditation/Uncategorized

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…

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Read more about the article Letting the Light In: Chapter One: Another Baby

Letting the Light In: Chapter One: Another Baby

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:July 14, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized
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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…

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Read more about the article Publishing My First Book – A Lockdown Adventure

Publishing My First Book – A Lockdown Adventure

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:November 25, 2020
  • Post category:book review/Coronavirus/writing and creativity
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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…

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Read more about the article Whose Fault?  The Costs of a Blame Culture

Whose Fault? The Costs of a Blame Culture

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:November 6, 2020
  • Post category:Coronavirus/culture
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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…

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Read more about the article The Artist’s Way – finding space to play

The Artist’s Way – finding space to play

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:July 3, 2020
  • Post category:Coronavirus/writing and creativity
  • Post comments:2 Comments

“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…

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Read more about the article My Lockdown Camino de Santiago

My Lockdown Camino de Santiago

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:June 17, 2020
  • Post category:camino de santiago/Coronavirus/Uncategorized
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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…

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Read more about the article Finding liminal space on the Essex coast

Finding liminal space on the Essex coast

  • Post author:Karen Lawrence
  • Post published:June 13, 2020
  • Post category:meditation/Uncategorized
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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…

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