Category Archives: Relationships

Eyes of a fish

After five hours of being stood upon, my feet ache and my back is not in the slightest bit happy. On the other hand, I did manage to catch a fish. This was not, I hasten to add, a mere … Continue reading

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Soul-Calibre

Reblogged from The Silent Eye “It’s like, imagine all the atoms in your hand… billions of them… they all have to move together to make it do this.” He wriggled his hand. “They don’t know why they are doing it … Continue reading

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Getting nowhere fast

The morning started early…long before dawn… even though the night had ended late. You would think I would have done mounds of stuff by now, but not so. The rest of the morning disappeared in my son’s kitchen then I … Continue reading

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Grá mo Chroí – Celebrate St Patrick’s day… Free on Kindle!

Grá mo Chroí Love Stories from Irish Myth Ali Isaac & Jane Dougherty I would like to thank Sue Vincent for inviting us (Jane Dougherty and Ali Isaac) to talk about Grá mo Chroí. So here goes, in time for … Continue reading

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Life cycle

“Do you mind?” Well, yes, actually, I do… choking on a filched Brazil nut from his breakfast is not the most enjoyable of experiences, even if it does serve me right. I splutter an incoherent reply between coughs. “You can … Continue reading

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A weather eye on the birds…

I stepped outside this morning as a kite flew low over the house. Another parted the air above my head as I left the car to call at the little shop and two more swooped down as I unlocked the … Continue reading

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If at first…

This weekend we try again. If the weather doesn’t postpone the attempt once more my sons will be jumping out of a plane from over 10,000ft at around 120mph on Saturday. I did try to instil some common sense into … Continue reading

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From the small dog

“The time has come,” the doglet said, “to talk of many things; Of tennis balls and squeaky ducks, and sneaky bees with stings; of why the sparrows fly so fast and if that cat has wings.” “Just wait a bit,” … Continue reading

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Had we but world enough, and time…

There is a lot still to share from the past couple of weeks… Scotland, Lindisfarne, Yorkshire and Derbyshire… let alone the past few days in Buckinghamshire. But it isn’t about the landscape, or the history or the stones and flowers. … Continue reading

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