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The smell of apples takes me whole body nose, eyes, heart, mouth, hands, even feet into orchards. Coming home from a hot outdoors to a cool kitchen the subtle scent embraces me and allures me to places lush and green. Those green and waxy spheres sitting on my kitchen countertop, others rosy red sometimes pink-fleckedContinue reading “The smell of apples”

Creativity is our sanity, our soul survivor, our hope to keep believing in a better tomorrow. If we can keep alive the creative flame that is within, willing us live, then we will begin to thrive and not simply exist even if our normal changes. Children who have not been raised with screens in frontContinue reading “how to live today like you can have your tomorrow …”

Hope- epitomised daily in the waking of children, jubilant and expectant, energy levels restored, ready for another day’s adventure beneath open sky. Bare-footed, laughing, free. Endlessly creative. Ever hopeful of good Easily content with either bread or water or cake and tea. The spread is not the focus, having something to share together is. RemindersContinue reading “Hope”

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and wanting you to join them too. If you can keep calm when admin doubts you but make allowance for their doubting too. If you can change and not be overwhelmed by changing and share your lesson ideas with those less organizedContinue reading “If for Educators”

Grass and trees luscious foliage cool oasis refreshing breeze a feast for the eyes treasures to the soul. A busy mind a parched heart find rest and refreshing in the oasis of green.

“a reader lives a thousand lives before they die, the man who doesn’t read lives only once” RR Martin Relaxed faces focused eyes concentration. Travelling to not-yet discovered worlds. Learning, living, growing. Such a pleasure to observe the power of imagination at work in this over busy world. Pages turning minds flickering souls thriving dreamsContinue reading “Children reading”

Deadheading – ” the process by which finished rose blooms are snipped off in order to encourage new growth and improve the appearance of the rose bush.” How can we apply this gardening term to the new year? What can we consciously deadhead, let go of, even if it once was/is a good thing, inContinue reading “Deadheading”

The quietest morning of the year, humanity lying asleep, recovering from a night of merriment or misery, dreaming of the past and possible futures. Finally submitting to the forces of nature and allowing rest, excited or maybe afraid for the new year to come. Yet the outgoing tide of 2019 and the incoming of 2020Continue reading “1 January 2020”

A favourite past-time for rekindling passion and energy in peace and solitude stretched out on a soft bed, fan spinning on hot days, or, curled up cosily like a squirrel beneath a duvet, when the weather is crisp, almost purring, contentedly like a cat in its best loved spot.