Category Archives: Spirituality

Ten days and counting….

Ten days, that’s 240 hours… less a minimum of 60 hours sleep, the ten hours we are already into those ten days till we have to set off, 40 hours minimum earning my living, several hours between hospitals, travelling and … Continue reading

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Goodnight

Tonight I am weary, Cold sleeplessness A mind in motion And a voice in the silence Held to attention In the darkness. But tonight I will sleep. Emotion has cleansed me  Clean wind in the heart And a distant goodnight … Continue reading

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Eleven days….

Ok, I will not mention panic, countdowns, or the shocked expletive that wanders constantly through my mind, kicking me into realisation… eleven days. Nine days and I’m at the hospital sorting the imminent surgery. the timing of that is wonderful, … Continue reading

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Notes from a small dog XII

Ha, my turn! Thought I’d never get chance to write to you guys this week. Talk about hogging the computer! I mean, I dropped hints. Crawled on her lap.. I’ve got that one off brilliantly now.. she can’t stop me. … Continue reading

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Nerkism

Well, that’s buggered* that post then. How was I to know it was already in the dictionary? I had planned an amusing piece about a term coined by my sons some while ago at a point where they sought to … Continue reading

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Coffee break

There’s thread and fabric everywhere, the carpet’s full of fluff Another 20 metres came…like this lot’s not enough. “A restful day” I promised me, of gentle needlework… Yet here I scrabble frantically where thread and needle lurk. I’m not a … Continue reading

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Notes from a small dog XI

Don’t panic! I’m home.  And so is she. Finally. I was getting a bit worried there for a while. She never leaves me that long….Not that I mind at all spending some time with my friend and the new laddie … Continue reading

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The disappearing blogger

Okay, I don’t wander off and not post as a rule, but this time I have little choice. After a fabulous day in the frozen north Sunday, I posted some pics and felt suddenly very unwell and in a fair … Continue reading

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Panics quietly stage left…

As many of you know, the Silent Eye School of Consciousness launches in Derbyshire, at our first residential weekend workshop on 19th-21st April. I have written a fair bit about it already, so I will simply say we still have … Continue reading

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Tears before breakfast

I seldom cry. Yes, okay, friends who know me well will tell you otherwise and you may have noticed that I admit frequently to tears. But that’s different. I seldom cry when I’m unhappy. It seems such a pointless exercise. … Continue reading

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