On grief

Grief is beast and grief is a brick. It hits hard and sucks the life breath out of your lungs. I can feel it racheting up in my life as we barrel towards March 17th.The day in 2019 when my dad went to the hospital and never, ever went home. Grief is one thing and

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Remember 2022

Ok. I am having some trouble with my mailing list but we will get it sorted. In the meantime, I am working on creating 31 prompts, one for each day in December to help you reflect and remember the year just lived. Historically I have always used the month of December for self-evaluation and to

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Monday musings

I woke before sun rose; not that difficult at this time of the year. The house is quiet. I wait for my coffee to drip through. I light a couple of candles. I am grateful for this extra day off. I am grateful for the silence and the opportunity to sit the heavy bits that

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Siege of Herons

I have only ever seen one siege of herons. It felt slightly miraculous. We witnessed 12 -15 flying in the sky; literally the day after I decided on the new title. A sign for sure. If your eyes are open, there are signals all around.

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a loveliness of ladybugs 🐞 🐞🐞

Ladybugs are often thought of as lucky; more than likely because they are crop savers. Farmers love these little beetles. Initially this was to be the cover illustration for my book; alas someone else beat me to it and I had to pivot. Instead I chose a Siege of Herons. My hardcover book is available

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Document your life.

I am beginning to work on updating my December project: Remember 2022. As always it will be a series of daily posts and questions accompanied by a quote to encourage you to reflect on the year that was just lived. Some questions are light and easy; others may ask you to dig deeper. Always free

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Saturday somethings

A quiver of surfboards in honour of International Surfing Day. You can also use quiver ton describe a bunch of arrows (a quiver is the actual container) but, did you know you can use quiver to describe a group pf cobras. May you never see that in real life! Learn more collective nouns when you

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