by admin | Dec 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
I dusted off the Christmas music books and sat down at the piano to play, anticipating the familiar sounds of festive music only played for one month a year. The joy as my fingers touched the keys started to turn to frustration. Hang on a minute…this is supposed to be...
by admin | Nov 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’ve just returned from a busy weekend away. Time to ground ourselves and harvest this week’s produce from the allotment. As I harvest a bumper crop of raspberries my mind wanders to concern over the fact I’m pottering around in thin leggings and harvesting...
by admin | Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
I lay in bed, listening to the sounds of the neighbourhood, fragments of light making their way in from around the blinds. I contemplated the night ahead. As everyone around me arrived home from work, flipped on their kettles, cooked their dinner and settled down in...
by admin | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you feel the pressure to be ‘bigger and better’ all of the time? To be constantly improving? You feel the need to change things for the better but you can also be really hard on yourself. You keep adding things to your plate, but you’re already so tired. Sound...
by admin | Sep 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
I remember when my father died. I was heartbroken. It felt unfair and bleak and surreal and all of the things on the emotional roller coaster that grief brings us. And yet, I was so so grateful to have had him as my dad for 30 years. That profound gratitude gave a...
by admin | Aug 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
He looked at me across the table in incomprehension, unable to understand why I was so upset. The words caught in my throat, my jaw tightened, the rush of blood in my ears drowned out the restaurant noise. I had tried to make him understand. Sick of hearing why change...
