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
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Weekly articles full of musings and observations on topics that are capturing my curiosity.
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
A Place to Start
Control is not the cure when fear is the plagueA self-perpetuating cycle designed to keep us vagueLike a plaster for an artery gushing blood in scarlet streamsThe masks we hide behind won’t mute the mounting screamsDividing into factions won’t make the world a safer placeCommunity is key to live and grow in graceEnemies to friends … Continue reading A Place to Start
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
The Rabbit Trap
Jack rabbit reached his peakAt the grand old age of threeLeaping past the other young bucksAscending the summit of hierarchyYet these heights weren’t high enough for young JackA propitious visionaryJack had a knack for selling dreamsTo the rest of the colonyHe imagined a life for his fluffleWith machines that would do all the workFrom the … Continue reading The Rabbit Trap
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
Savour the flavour of your life
My daughter's excited because we have a few gigs lined up this year. She was telling me how lucky her friends think she is because she's been going to gigs since she was eight years old, whereas some of them have never been to a concert, which led us to talk about what her friends … Continue reading Savour the flavour of your life
Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
Do you ever get those days when the Universe is pointing you in a completely different direction from the one you intended to go? I’m having a week of it. On a couple of days when I’d planned to work I had a sick child at home (no sympathy needed, he began to recover on … Continue reading Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
What happened to January?
And most of February, as it turns out. Yes, this post has been sitting in my draft box for weeks while the days have disappeared in a puff of smoke, and not a blog post in sight. We’ve got a lot to catching up to do, better put the kettle on. New York in the … Continue reading What happened to January?
Rae Cod’s Writing 