Our garden has been popping with colour lately. A few days away in the van and we came back to a front lawn carpeted in yellow and purple. I think they’re cat’s ear and heal-all, but I’m new to this plant identification malarkey, so if anyone knows different please let me know. I love how … Continue reading On my patch: welcoming the wildflowers
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Weekly articles full of musings and observations on topics that are capturing my curiosity.
Making Progress, One Step at a Time
When I started this blog, I wrote a lot about my over-thinking tendencies. They were part of what drew me to writing, and I thought they were part of me. I’d grown up being told I was a worrier, and my personality certainly seemed predisposed to worrying, so worry was what I did. I worried … Continue reading Making Progress, One Step at a Time
Ditch Diving in a Dress: a Countryside Adventure
I’ve been spending too much time at my desk lately. The hellhound’s forlorn glances spurred me into action last week with a long walk across the fields. I’d planned my circular route, which involved the big dangly carrot of a stop at my favourite countryside café for lunch. Forty minutes into the walk I hit … Continue reading Ditch Diving in a Dress: a Countryside Adventure
A Story of Hope: white bison born in Yellowstone Park
I very seldom read the news, but the headline of a white bison born in Yellowstone National Park and its significance for Native American tribes grabbed me. I've been interested in Native American wisdom since I was a child. My Dad had a framed picture of a Native American Indian and a wise proverb underneath. … Continue reading A Story of Hope: white bison born in Yellowstone Park
Touring the Emerald Isle: camper van-ing in Ireland
Hello lovely people, I hope you’re well in this fine new month of June. The hubby and I have just returned from a camper van trip around Ireland, so I thought I’d entertain this week with a holiday video. We travelled the Wild Atlantic Way on the West coast of Southern Ireland, starting on the … Continue reading Touring the Emerald Isle: camper van-ing in Ireland
Trying hard or hardly trying? there’s a time to push and a time to allow
I’ve made it a rule to live by that I don’t try too hard. That’s not to say that I don’t put in effort, but slow and steady has been by mantra these last few years and it seems to be serving me pretty well. Once upon a time I was the person that got … Continue reading Trying hard or hardly trying? there’s a time to push and a time to allow
Blank Spaces and Communal Living
I’m waking at sunrise this week, which happens sometimes. I’m a seven-hours-a-night-or-I-lose-the-plot-kinda-gal (this isn’t limited thinking, I’ve experimented and weird things happen when I don't get enough shut-eye) so I'm feeling a bit tired. I was tidying the house like a mad woman (the family are visiting and there’s nothing as marvellously motivating as the … Continue reading Blank Spaces and Communal Living
Thoughts from Retreat
It’s been a couple of weeks since my shamanic retreat and I’m feeling good. This particular retreat was a foundation course, teaching how to journey and how to connect with our dreams. Support The retreat took place in an amazingly supportive atmosphere. Despite not knowing anyone before the course started, it felt like we’d all … Continue reading Thoughts from Retreat
Back from retreat: re-retreated?
I've retreated from my shamanic retreat. What a lovely few days it was. Lovely is a bit of an understatement, but I'm at a loss for words to describe it. It goes something like this: People: 'So how was it?' Me: 'Good, yeah, really good.' [Change subject] The problem is, it's quite hard to describe … Continue reading Back from retreat: re-retreated?
Lightbulb Moment: claim your voice
Dr Gladys McGarey is a 102 year old medical doctor and pioneer of holistic medicine. I listened to her chatting with Elizabeth Day on the How to Fail podcast while I was walking the hell hound (our new affectionate term for the dog, inspired by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens) and there was … Continue reading Lightbulb Moment: claim your voice
Rae Cod’s Writing 