Do you ever find that there are words that seep into your mind or your heart and play themselves over and over again? It happens to me from time to time and, more specifically, it happened last week again. 'Peace. Be still' Three simple words, but what a command. The context was an actual meteorological… Continue reading Surviving the Storm
Things got a bit 'Mastermind' at our house the other evenin'. I don't mean I was put in the spotlight in the big black chair and given a limited amount of time to answer questions on my specialist subject, though, I reckon, 'What are we doing today?', 'What will we be doing tomorrow?', 'What's for… Continue reading Mastermind Moments
Despite a deep-seated desire to have a show-stopping, breath-taking, head-turning garden, I have come to the conclusion that, realistically, I don't have the time / knowledge/ ability to achieve this dream and so, I've opted for a new gardening style. I like to call it 'less is more'. Basically, I've discovered that there are in… Continue reading For A Season
When it comes, disappointment creates a very uncomfortable dilemma: how do we deal with it? Late last summer, I had what I'll call a bit of a 'wish it hadn't happened but know I've definitely learned from it' episode. You know the kind, when something happens that really shakes your confidence and leaves you feeling pretty… Continue reading The Dilemma of Disappointment
