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A Blossom Takeover (Voice Note 3)
Hello and happy blossom time! With an unapologetic visual takeover by some of the blossom diversity around me. After what felt like a nicely stretched-out easter of overlapping academic holidays, it’s been a while since putting the proverbial pen to paper. Along with lots of family catch-ups and a dollop of DIY, I’ve been loving…
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On the Art of Layering (Voice Note 2)
It’s been a month of many layers! And I’m not just talking about knitwear. Although, thanks to the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film, the world can now appreciate (perhaps a bit too much) that Yorkshire is indeed, prone to a little ‘weather’.
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Self-Love and Ladybird Books
If you happen to be spending the 14th of February in South Korea, you might be inclined to give a man the gift of chocolate. And if you are Finnish, you won’t be doing Valentine’s Day but Ystävänpäivä – ‘friends day’! We grow-up with so many customs surrounding love and I started thinking about the…
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Over to you!
I decided maybe it wasn’t my turn and I needed the creative energy of others. This week I’ve received the generous gift of freshly penned poetry from two opposite sides of the globe. And bang! The intersection of this serendipitous pairing (geographically somewhere around China) is magically, right here for you to enjoy.
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Disclaimer: this is my disclaimer
Music is something I seem to ‘lean in’ to the discomfort of, although it still scares the bejeepers out of me. Most of us have something we want to be braver at and learning about other people’s true colours (even beige) is always a joy to me. Although it’s not always easy to jump in…
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Can we live in this new way?
We’ve never been so physically disconnected from the rest of the world, and politically from our European neighbours. On both counts I hope the separation is followed by a renewed passion and willingness to connect. If we trust the philosophy of Belgian psychologist Esther Perel: “Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need…
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Save to the Soul Reserve
Somewhere along the meandering course of 2020, I became a little fixated by running water, streams, rivers and the general flow of things.