The Blog
Are you trying to Navigate a Creative Life? Need a bit of a boost with some Creative Fuel? Or are you interested in some Reflections on Photography in our modern world? If you’re an inquisitive sort, you might enjoy these stories of the Odd & Curious, or the Meanings of Colour or the physical and emotional aspects of a Sense of Place. Finally, there are posts in the Book Nook, not reviews as such, personal thoughts on books I love.
The Mountain
Growing up in the flat landscape of East Anglia, I only ever saw mountains on the telly. Now I live at the bottom of one.
Do You Write in Your Books?
A magical thing happened this morning. I woke up, spent an hour writing, took the dog for a pee, cooked some porridge and heated soup for my daughter's lunch. And then there was a sharp bang as a tiny songbird hit the kitchen window.
Field Notes #1
The first in a new series on the exciting contents of my notebooks! In this one there are old names, words and phrases from My Little Book of Names.
The Great White Silence
In 2014 my husband and I went on a trip to Iceland. We were excited to have some time to ourselves while our two children aged 9 and 7 at the time, spent the weekend with family.
New Words to Live By
Rather than making a list of New Year resolutions that are hard to fulfill, why not choose one or two words to live by instead? Like many people, I'm doing Dry January this month. The first campaign for a post-Christmas sober 4 weeks began in 2013, driven by the UK organisation Alcohol Change.
Forest Bathing in North Vancouver
The first time we saw the bear we weren't in our house. Away on holiday, we peered at the video footage from the camera that points down from the corner of the garage.