For the last few years, I’ve chosen a word for the year – something to mull over, to set intention, to facilitate ongoing inner growth… For a few years there, the word was ‘No’, as in learning to say no, to be assertive, to DISCERN what was and wasn’t important to me… Last year’s word … Continue reading Setting the year ablaze
A couple of posts ago I was having a bit of a frazzled time of it and I asked (very unsubtly and in a way lacking in grace) for some nice snail mail….half-joking, not thinking much of the spontaneous appeal as it went from my typing fingers to the internet ether… …and I got some! … Continue reading gosh, thanks!
Black Doris did really well on Friday. She made me a little bit of cash and garnered many compliments on her fine appearance. Fun was had. * I’m having one of those times of life where the dial goes from ‘happily busy’ into ‘OVERWHELM‘ *cue obnoxious siren noise, flashing lights, general chaos* … When the … Continue reading old roses
My friend Emma recently went to Japan and she gave me a big bag of Japanese snack-sized KitKats she bought back. KitKats come in manifold flavours in Japan. Emma said there were whole shops which just sold KitKats! Over a game of Carcassonne, Fraser (42), Willoughby (13) and I (41) had a KitKat tasting. (Magnus was … Continue reading ‘Tastes like a bonfire of recalled Barbie Dolls’: a family Japanese KitKat tasting…
Vintage treasures recently acquired… Where did the week go? Lordy! I have been busy doing things which are integral yet boring to blog about: working, writing, parenting etc. A more fun thing I have been doing is sorting my vintage button collection into little colour coordinated selections for an upcoming fair I’m taking part in…(more … Continue reading buttons and other wonderful junk
Do you ever get exhausted from your own wayfarer mind? The places your mind goes, the depths of emotion, the distracting fantasies, the picking over of memories, the rampant imaginings? I do love my own company, but wow, busy old brain! It’s a riot and a rampage in there… The other day I was gardening and … Continue reading the wayfarer mind
To the lovely women who took the time to respond last week – thank you so much for your encouraging, funny, wise and supportive comments on my last angsty-emotional-Tourettes post. It helped. A lot. More than I can express. Thank you. x Continue reading gratitude
…like courage, certainty, a sense of purpose…motivation! I have been on-again/off-again working on a book about keeping journals, featuring my journal pages (the above is an example) for about four years now, possibly even longer. It’s not about ‘art’ it’s about vulnerability, honesty, my heart to your heart, the depth of a daily life….I imagine … Continue reading help me find things
<<< Phrase stolen from this three minutes and forty five seconds of genius >>> Continue reading modus operandi : life
When is an ‘inspiration wall’ not an inspiration wall? When it’s been up for almost two years and you’ve stopped seeing it anymore… I have a creative room out in my backyard. Our garage was converted to a sleepout by previous owners and now we’ve set it up so half of it is guest-room (well, … Continue reading fresh inspiration
Helen Lehndorf 