September is a magical time in the kitchen because you still have all the beautiful fresh produce of summer (our tomatoes are still growing everywhere!) but you can now add in the more autumnal crops like apples, pumpkins, parsnips, etc. With all of this wonderful fresh bounty and the promise of brisker mornings by the…
I have wonderful memories of picking blackberries as a child. Mostly with friends and their mums up on the track behind The Youngs Farm in the village and once with Grandma Pat on the path that led to school. I think I remember that one particularly because one, we didn’t see her very often, and…
We’re now three weeks into January and I am sitting on the sofa with sick children….again. Apart from some kite flying and a trip to Wildwood, we have spent a lot of our time indoors with broken legs, coughs, colds, and flair-ups. It seems to be the way of things for us in January so…
Comfort seems to have negative connotations in our society these days. I guess it all links into the busy, busy, busy, more, more, more lifestyle ideal that is pushed on us. But comfort, wanting comfort, seeking comfort, and enjoying comfort, is not a bad thing. It’s needed. In my opinion, there is nothing better than…
I was listening to a podcast towards the end of last year (The Stories We Tell with Joanna Gains on Audible) and she talked about how she picks a Word of the Year at the beginning of each year. I loved this idea, it resonated with me so much, in fact, my word popped into…
I’m writing this curled up in my armchair on New Year’s Eve. I’d planned to do a fun family party to end the day and then start the new year with a freezing cold dip in the sea with Paul and the children (children watching), but as has so often been the case this year,…
During the colder winter months our screen time, as well as the children’s, tends to creep up. I think it’s a natural part of hibernating, but when spring comes around and as the weather starts improving and more things are open, I like to make a big effort to get us back to only watching…
In our fast-paced world having nothing to do is seen as ‘dead time’ that is wasted, or worse laziness; time we aren’t ‘making the most of’. But when you stop and think about it, isn’t that very thought coming from fear? The fear of not having enough time? I realised this was true for me….
“The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places.” David W. Orr Over the pandemic, people have been forced to slow down, to spend time in their…
I love the concept of hygge, which if you have been around here for a while I’m sure you are aware of. For those of you new to the concept of hygge it is a quality of cosiness, a calm, warm and relaxing atmosphere. Belonging to the moment, to each other, and celebrating the everyday….
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