Wellbeing
Still January, still here.
COUNTRY DIARY – 15th Jan KIRKWALL, Orkney, Scotland, UK The temperature has risen, although hat, gloves and ‘heavy’ coat are still needed for my morning walk. Stones and mortar are scattered on the pavement, chipped away by ice and wind, and crows are squabbling around a high nest in the sycamore trees of the Earls […]
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Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis ‘All of life is sacrament.’ I was told this central tenant of Quaker belief by a fellow poet and past pupil of catholic school. ‘I love that,’ I replied, and took a sip of the newly sacramental coffee in the cup before me. I felt glad for this small revelation, it chimed with […]
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If I could shorten one month it would be January. But then would I also truncate February and halve March? I have an eagerness for the light that makes these dark days a time of restlessness. Partly I wish to hibernate, partly to defy the bleak mid-winter dark and be active and busy. To relieve […]
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Hurrah! The book has been launched with tea and scones. It was a sultry afternoon, but folk fought through the humid Orcadian air and assembled in the MacGillivray Room to listen to some readings from Across the Silent Sea. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Sara Bailey who hosted the even for asking […]
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