"Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening." "Wonder is a feeling of great surprise and pleasure that you have, for...
Isabella McCafferty
turning over the leaves
Over the last few months I've somewhat unexpectedly been lucky enough to give gardening a proper go. I quickly discovered the respite it offers, especially as Covid-19 got out into the community and then once work got all consuming. I now know why people talk about...
All Shaken Up
Seven months and seven days ago, I got knocked in the head trying to win a football in the air.
A concussion can be likened to a snow globe being shaken up.
Simple Joys 2.0
These Simple Joys posts are about collecting up some of the things that we’ve been enjoying lately – the things bringing us simple joy.
Letting change change you
I find comfort in the fact that life seems has different seasons. In many parts of the world, four times a year nature offers a physical reminder of seasonal change (and the fact that we have little control over it). Leaves fall, snow settles, flowers bloom, the earth...
Simple Joys 0.1
Life really is lived in the smallest moments. That’s what these Simple Joys posts are about, they’re about collecting up some of the things that we’ve been enjoying lately – the things bringing us simple joy.
So, click below for some of the things we’ve been enjoying lately;
But first, tea.
Most of my favourite things in life are small, and simple, and warm. So in honour of the small, simple and warm it seemed appropriate to begin this new adventure by talking about the power of a cup of tea. C.S. Lewis is attributed with saying "You can never get a cup...