Category: JOURNAL

The Happy List #16

March 18, 2024

I woke up to sunshine streaming through my curtains this morning {and a cat meowing to be let out}. Blue skies always make me smile, especially when it’s the start of the day. Isn’t it amazing what a difference some sun makes to how we feel?! There’s a lot going on behind the scenes here,...

JOURNAL

The Happy List #14

February 26, 2024

February is almost at a close, and I am so happy to be seeing signs of spring around us. I’ve not been feeling good for a while now, but have been trying to pretend all is OK. Truth be told I am burnt out, having lived through trauma that I’ve not addressed truly, my body...

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2024 Intentions and my word of the year

February 2, 2024

A month into the new year, and with the celebrations of Imbolc, I can feel myself coming alive again. The lengthening days and the early signs of spring are wakening me from my winter hibernation. I can feel the stirrings of hope building at a new year ahead, all the adventures and fun I can...

JOURNAL

The Happy List #10

January 17, 2024

A view from home. I took two of the girls back to the village where I grew up this weekend. My Dad lived there, in the same house, until he died, and my brother is still in the village. We’re in the midst of sorting out my Dad’s house so that we’ll be able to...

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January Journal Prompts

January 10, 2024

January is the quietest month in the garden. But just becuase it looks quiet, doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. Rosalie Muller Wright Two weeks in, and January is slow and restful. I feel a little as though I am cocooned away from the real world. While we’ve been out and about a little, for...

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Looking back at how far I’ve come

December 15, 2023

The other morning, I opened Timehop, and up popped a memory from 7 years ago. An old facebook status, written when I was at one of my lowest points, when I had lost hope and felt like a complete failure. No one ever really knew just how low I felt right then, how alone and...

JOURNAL

November Journal Prompts

November 17, 2023

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” E.M. Forster A little late sharing these, the first two weeks of November have flown by! It’s been pretty wet and cold here, pretty miserable and we’ve been holed up at home far more than I...

JOURNAL

October Mornings

October 17, 2023

When I woke up this morning, the air was chilly, the windows damp with condensation. There was the tiniest hint of frost on the grass outside when I went out to feed the chickens and that damp autumny smell in the air. Sat sipping a cup of chai to warm me through. Listening to the...