07 Feb The night will always win, but then the morning comes.
I wrote this a few weeks ago on a Saturday morning. It is pretty raw and I wasn't sure if I would share it. But I have decided to because honesty is...
01 Feb How to find beauty in the everyday (or, The punctuation of ritual).
In the words of Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. Last night I took out my notebook...
24 Jan For when you are waiting for something to change.
It is January in the north of England and my garden looks as you would expect; damp, leaf strewn, drained of colour: a mess. There is not much to be seen,...
18 Jan What the Fresh Prince taught me about context.
I can't remember a time I did not know the lyrics to the theme tune of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Throughout the early '90s the song wormed its way into...
10 Jan The beautiful ordinary (a story of hope for those battling anxiety everyday)
Last week I took the kids to the park with a friend. Two adults, six children and a dog. Pretty ordinary. I arrived a little early. The kids raced ahead of...
04 Jan That was the year that was: 2016
In so many ways 2016 was a good year for me. Which flies in the face of every single round up of the year I watched on television over Christmas. I...
31 Dec The feast we chose to forget.
Last Wednesday, I was in my car when I heard a programme on the radio about the Christian Feast that falls on that day. December 28th is the Feast Day of...
26 Dec Alternative Advent Calendar, Part 3.
By the time you read this Christmas will be over but I still wanted to share with you the remainder of my Alternative Advent Calendar. Maybe one of the ideas...
16 Dec Alternative Advent Calendar, Part 2.
Here is the next instalment of the Alternative Advent Calendar I have been writing on Facebook and Instagram through the month of December. I hope you enjoy it. (You will...