“Now is the winter of our discontent” … these are the words stomping their noisy boots through my head today. Across and back, and clamouring in my ears. And I am in want of a stillness and quiet. I don’t…
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The morning is quiet when I wake up I have had a bit of a fitful sleep my husband has gone fishing and so part of my bed, (part of me) is feeling empty as I am waking, I think…
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Once again I find myself consumed by a book that is at once swallowing me whole and leaving bruises on my skin the cruelty and devastation of fellow humans on a people and their history as well as the lasting…
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It appears I have become a wild woman unconventional in my own ways on days off I don’t go far no longer style my hair or don make-up I am comfortable and common luxuriously so I am a lady of…
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What of a day when I wish to write but have not allowed the time When words swirl catching my attention tugging at the edges of a busy mind Rankled by words of a rather conditional kindness and simple empathy…
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“For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.” ~Katarina Bivald Well yes, now this…
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Number 2 son home from university – house is full, Spent the whole day yesterday with my Love, a little antiquing.. found some treasures and some furniture that we didn’t ‘need’ but had to have as well as some fall…
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“I am so thankful sometimes I smile out loud, and as hard and long as you might try you could not break my spirit.” ~ Nirrimi Joy Hakanson … if I have written and you have read, I thank you…
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I’ve just this morning finished a fantastic book, called Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius. This book was offered to me by a lovely friend. I’ve tried to ‘ward off’ being lent books too often, as I usually have at least…
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