I think I know why people leave self-reflection for the week before the new year. Not the small self-reflections, you understand – not the “Oh, I should have thought of writing that on my list and now I have to go out again” kind, or the “Why didn’t I learn this last time I did it?” kind…
I have everything I need. I have MORE than everything I need. I have all the basics covered, and huge, glorious spadefuls of abundance and plenty. Maslow would look down his nose at me for being so close to the tip of his pyramid and for still feeling…flat.
Lovelies, MERRY CHRISTMAS. My wish for you this Christmas is that you spend time surrounded by love – whether with people next to you, or held close in your hearts – and that you get to hold onto the knowledge that there is perhaps no better thing in the world to cherish and be cherished…
I had a beautiful post written for this month’s 1000Speak, all about Spirit and Stuff and kindness to strangers. I spent hours crafting it, working late into the night to hone it to perfection a readable state, and was so tired I was falling asleep at the keyboard. That was my mistake, because with a…
It’s the 11th of December as I write this, and I haven’t listened to Bach’s Christmas Music yet. For the first time in perhaps all of my 32 years, I’ve not heard the rich timpani of ‘Tonet ihr pauken‘ and lost myself in the genius of the most perfect Christmas music of all time, as…
I’m being haunted by a man I met at Christmas. I’ll call him Edward, even though you and I both know that’s not his real name. I met him the day after Christmas, when Husby and I were helping to serve food at the Community Cafe (where the homeless and lonely can go for some…
First and foremost, I am thankful to have the INTERNET BACK so I can write this! Not that I was completely cut off, last weekend – I did have my phone, but the idea of trying to create the linkie HTML and write a blog post from my phone (and I know some of you…
It’s been a while… …to the point where I discovered that Facebook ‘yells’ at you if you’ve not published anything for longer than it deems appropriate – “Your paltry number of Facebook Followers haven’t heard from you in EIGHT days! Write them something! Have you disappeared? Buck your ideas up!” I stopped writing so that…
What’s your favourite bit about Advent? For some it’s the decorations – gold and green and red sparkling everything; with fairy lights and dark nights and setting your world a-glimmer with beauty and wonder. For some it’s the tastes and smells – chocolate and peppermint and mulled wine and mince pies; a warm world redolent…
Ever since I learned that these delicious, German spiced-gingerbread biscuits existed, they’ve been THEE taste of Christmas. Since I learned how to make them, they’ve been quintessential. They go perfectly with a cup of tea and some Bach. I made some this week by special request (yes, dear sister, that was you) and since posting…
