The noise was greater than I could have imagined. Maybe it was the surroundings. The general silence. The quietness of the forest. The absence of people. The lack of those things that perpetually encompass us — the fillers of our stillness. I had not anticipated the clamour, the volume of sound produced by the humming … Continue reading #100words: The melodic harmony of nature
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Preservation: Renewal and Rebirth
Uncle Davy, my grandmother's brother, owned an old farmhouse in Moss-side. A unique place, but after his passing, it fell into disrepair. It was surely, destined for demolition, the bucket of a digger and a replacement dwelling. I’d great memories of it, the visits with my granny and granda: wading across the river, the animals, … Continue reading Preservation: Renewal and Rebirth
Surviving the summer as a creative and parent.
Wednesday Recap #15 31.07.24 How do you Survive the Summer as a Creative (and a Parent) Let’s start with a definition. Flow state is when you completely focus on one activity, it completely captivates your attention so that your focus is solely on that one thing. This does not describe the summer holidays! Rather Go … Continue reading Surviving the summer as a creative and parent.
Nothing steals your time – you give it away
Wednesday Recap #7 29.05.24 Thought Hiking is tremendous fun. Well if you like walking up hills, crossing streams and rivers, trying to work out where you are, carrying everything you need, ringing the water out of your socks, and being on the go for nearly five hours. One of my happiest formative memories was going … Continue reading Nothing steals your time – you give it away
14 days and 6746 words.
I love numbers, connections and patterns. So today after two weeks I am where I should be in one month. I’d better explain that last sentence. As my New Year’s resolution I decided to write 200 words each day through January. This was towards a story I promised to write for my children in the … Continue reading 14 days and 6746 words.
Spring Is Now
Spring is far more than the arbitrary turn of a calendar’s page. It is mindset. It is flow. It is process. It is seasonality. It is ceasing to think of then, as if now has no bearing upon it.
Don’t be wasteful!
In reality someone who isn’t wasteful, reuses things and appreciates the world around them, but never thinks of themselves as an environmentalist, is much better for the environment than someone who is wasteful, decadent, and in practice shows scant regard for the world around them, but thinks of themselves as an environmentalist.
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