Thought it was about time I made more of blogging, I’ve had a few over the years and not kept up with them.  So I’ve combined some posts...

Well as predicted February came and the calm and peace went. An even bigger reason to revel in January’s stillness next year. March...

I read a great article in the guardian this week by the gardener Alys Fowler, entitled Some like it cold, about embracing Winter and the...

It’s the funeral of an old friend today. I won’t be there to say goodbye, but will say goodbye in my own way. It’s been some years since...

Well striking while the iron’s hot, making some plans for the coming year.  Two exciting trips on the calendar and on our family...

For the last couple of years January and February have been about getting out one day on a weekend somewhere new. This has made such a...

It’s been a while, but new year, brand new clean slate to start the year.  Not the original article that I read,  but a similar one about...

This is the poem Ponyboy recites, it’s beautiful. Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost, 1874 – 1963 Nature’s first green is gold, Her...

I’m hooked on First Aid Kits album Stay Gold, and whilst listening this morning to the title track Stay Gold, mused on whether or not it...

I read an article recently ( i wish i could find it), about why our childhoods seem to last forever filled with endless summers, and how...

A sunny, frosty morning. Days like this make me breathe in and take it all in, blue skies, birds singing away. Although it made me smile...

Running, if you’d have told me 3 years ago that I’d be running 3 times a week I would have laughed heartily. It’s something that crept up...

Books. I’m an avid reader, there’s nothing better than being immersed in a different world, people’s lives. Those books that make you...

I’m almost 40, and seem to be very much aware of mortality at the moment (mid-life crisis? I don’t know). It’s making me think of all...