And wildness, at its basic and unreconstructed finest, becomes ever more attractive every time that voice of sanity echoes around my head.
The People I Hurt And The Lessons I Learned
I am more than the weight of all the opportunities that I didn't take or maybe didn't even notice.
For We Are All Human
How satisfying to sometimes take a step back from life.
Even if just for a moment
Sensibly Although A Little Reluctantly
I didn't want to push things too much. I was reminded that only a few months before I was using a walking stick and could barely get out of the house.
Keep Positive And Put It Out There
I know what I don’t want.
I know what doesn’t work for me.
To Want To Do
I was chatting with someone the other day. They told me that they believed that they had a creative personality.
Dread & Fear & Living In The Moment
Well, here we are again.
I know how this works.
I can already feel the clouds gathering and the world suddenly feels just a little more claustrophobic and slightly pointless once more.
When You Want To Be Included But All Of The Others Go For The Expensive Seats
It's like looking into a mirror and finding no-one looking back.
When Christmas Is A Sad Place To Be
Most of us would like to think that we can identify with the traditions, the ideals, of the holiday season. To think of others before ourselves, to be kind, understanding and generous.
People Matter - Number Three Of An Occasional Series - Gail
Sometimes she could use a reminder that her way of looking at the world is just one of the things that makes her unique and wonderful.
My Vulnerability Belongs To Me
Every word, every photograph, every post that I share here requires a level of vulnerability.
That and courage.
Over And Over And Over
There is peace and solitude in wildness. Skies, grey and inpenetrable, and wind fierce enough to leave even the strongest of us staggering for a moment.
No Slots, No Bars, No Clubs
We visited somewhere rather wonderful just the other day. Somewhere spectacular and beautiful, a place that we both loved.
A place that I decided to write a few words about here.
But also a place that I do not want to share.
Little Storms Of Rural Activity
Walking along quiet lanes, tractors and farm machinery working in the summer-dry fields as drifting clouds of dust take to the air, little storms of rural activity and a visible soundtrack to our amble.
Enigmatic and Strikingly Explicit
Take a turn off the quiet country road linking Sherborne and Dorchester and park up in the isolated, and free, car park. Take a stroll past the ancient Kettle Bridge (very old) and walk along the bank of the Cerne River (very beautiful) and you will soon find yourself in the centre of the village.
Strip Out The Noise
So we walked and talked today.
We discussed how we are told that so many things in our world have importance when most are actually of little value.
Adventures In A New Bohemia
Aspirational dreams of freedom and creativity. The struggles and excitement of being true to yourself, of living your dreams whilst facing reality.
How Dare I Want Invisibility
And I find myself thinking, as I often do after embracing something that encourages self reflection, that it’s important that I remember where I am from.
I Hear Words As I Walk By Myself Across Fields
And as much as I love people, and I do, I really do, I also need to be away from them to allow myself time to think and just be me.
European Rail Trip 2023 - Part Two - A Walk In The Footsteps Of Artists and Monsters
The grounds were sobering and had a power about them that, like the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, is difficult to describe. We didn’t see everything. The weather was really not very good. But we saw plenty and it was enough.