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24th February 2026 ~ A country mile from home

Beyond our own threshold, the land drifts into a different conversation. A country mile or so from home rests an ancient stretch of marsh-soft grassland. The ground here does not hurry. It lifts and falls in long, roly-poly undulations, yielding gently underfoot, as though remembering older patterns of water and grazing. Even the path feels […]

9th February 2026 ~ A world within

A world within This is an image of the back of my eye — a wide-field scan, taken during an ophthalmology review. Clinically, it charts vessels, tissue, patterns of light and shadow. But when I look at it, I see something else entirely. A living landscape. Branching rivers and tributaries. Forest paths and crossing routes. […]

8th February 2026 ~ A light-bulb moment

A light-bulb moment From bulbs hidden beneath the earth, the wild daffodils begin their determined work. First, the leaves — narrow, blue-green blades rising almost unnoticed through moss and leaf litter. Then, at last, the buds appear: pale, sealed tight, faintly translucent, holding their promise close. They really do resemble little light bulbs at this […]

14th January 2026 ~ Small Bright Anchors

A reflective noticing of one tender day — moving from dawn to dusk, from beauty to fear and back again. A piece about love, uncertainty, and the small, bright anchors that help us stay present, even when the light changes temperature. The day ushered in with a hush of colour. A dawn so tender it […]

22nd January 2026 ~ Study in Sunlight

For today’s noticing, I return — as I so often do — to the winter-flowering aconite. I thought I might begin with a passage from my first published book, Reflections of Nature. I titled the piece Study in Sunlight. One dreary February day, I coached myself out of a grey mindset and into my walking […]

12th January 2026 ~ Quiet Courage.

Cladonia cristatella 12th January 2026 Better weather today, though no brighter — heavy cloud resting across the landscape like a winter-weight duvet, pressing down on everything. Inertia felt like the next best thing to sleep. But Neil and I couldn’t rest. We had uneasy news to carry forward. His bypass surgery pre-op and admission date […]