You may have noticed that there haven’t been a great deal of new posts coming up on here recently. Lately, writing’s just not coming as easily as usual, so I’m trying to use my spare time to rest and to nurture my creativity rather than force it. Life of course is carrying on, a sweet…
Category: Small Things
Where I reflect on the good things in the past week
10 Happy Things
This week, I’m defying my urge to write a rant about the EU referendum and its result. Instead, here’s a list of 10 Happy Things brightening up my week: Making a Nature Journal, as inspired by Emma Caton. I am constantly in wonder at the natural world, and putting some of that wonder into a…
Life Lately
The last fortnight or so has been a time of living quite intensely – making big decisions, riding a roller-coaster of big emotions and pushing myself over some big hurdles. I guess that sometimes it just happens that the big things coincide and collide all at once, and we just have to take them in our…
Small Things: 30 Days Wild
Fairly regularly on this blog, I write ‘Small Things’ posts, which are lists of the sweet and simple things I’m thankful for. It’s my way of making sure I don’t miss the best bits of life. When I sit down to compile a Small Things post, that’s my time to take stock and notice that whatever…
Small Things: White
If yellow is the colour of optimism and warmth, white is the shade of eternity and light. White denotes goodness, peace and strength. The white lights of the moon and stars bring magic to our nights. All of the best heroes and heroines – they of great power against evil – are clad in white….
Small Things: Yellow
It’s the colour of Spring, and probably the colour of Summer, too. Often identified with happiness, yellow is undeniably an optimistic hue. It turns out that quite a few of my favourite things are yellow and this week a number of them have been brightening my life: *Roses, bought by Andrew to cheer me up….
Light & Small Things
I’m not sure if it’s depression I’ve got, or just disappointment or grief. Whatever it is, it makes getting up even harder work than it usually is. It is also the reason I only swam half the lengths I usually do on Monday, and the cause of my sudden inadequacy at making conversation. The days can be…
Small Things
Last Sunday, the speaker at church gave a message that really chimed with the way I want to live my life. He was talking about thankfulness, something that has already impacted me in a powerful way. The need for gratitude has become a recurring theme in much of my writing and is, in fact, one of the main reasons I write…
On Post
Don’t you love getting post? Not the kind that pings onto a screen, the real kind, that surprises you as it drops through the letterbox, the kind that you can hold in your hand. I recently had surgery, and suddenly was blessed with a flurry of post: cards, flowers, clothes, books and of course, plenty…
Praise for (Small Things)
Praise for the crescent moon that hung low in the blanket-dark sky. Praise for the first warmth of Spring and a chair on a beach, Praise for the families that clambered across sand and rocks, jumpers and blankets piled up, dogs and children never still, like the breeze. Praise for the abandoned sandcastle, shell on…
Small Things
A few of the ‘Small Things’ I’m grateful for this week: *Jamie the dog. *Catching up with an old friend. *Sunshine (finally!). *Reading The Hobbit. *Home Cooking (one of my favourites being a Mediterranean Chicken casserole, which I might share soon). *Family and friends, who’ve really helped me through some hard stuff this week. *Chocolate…
Small Things
In this dreary, post-festivities first week of January, it feels so very important to take some time to seek out the good things. So pour yourself a coffee, take a seat on the sofa, and spend a few moments with me counting the Small Things. What’s bringing a bit of extra cheer and magic to your…
Life Lived 