Tag: #Nature

  • Weather that won’t cost the Earth

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    What is your favourite type of weather? Weather that won’t cost the earth is my favourite weather. I don’t pretend to understand all the science behind climate change. I can see with my eyes though that weather in Scotland is changing and can be inordinately hot. Different from the weather of my youth when one… Read more

  • Highway to the Heights

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    “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic” To walk more every day, especially in the hills is something I would like to do. Walking teaches me. The rhythm, the fresh air, the sightseeing. Yes it’s therapeutic and so lovely discovering places the bus or car… Read more

  • The Garden Bug

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    What activities do you lose yourself in? “Well at least it will give you peace of mind” was all I seemed to hear when my first flush of youth was over. “I don’t want peace of mind” I raged inside. I want drama, romance, jealousy, possession, love! I guess you can’t want something you never… Read more

  • Letters to press

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    Dear Letters department, Assisted Dying Vote March 17 2026 Have we forgotten the State Intervention we loathed during COVID? Preventing the spread of the COVID virus took precedence over all the usual etiquette between patients, their families, healthcare and the State. Anything that divides families, creates information vacuums, fear through isolation can only lead to… Read more

  • The ton, the telegram and the terrified

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    Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. To be the ton – a whole hundred years on the planet! And, if the Royalty is still in situ in Britain in 2072, to get a telegram of congratulations! It’s hard to write a letter to my 100 year old self. So many variables. I can’t imagine… Read more

  • Learning to hear birdsong

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    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? “St David of Wales famously reminded us ‘Do the little things’”  It was a summer of contrasts, fearful imaginings and new beginnings. I met a man.  A real man.  My tumultuous and never should have happened marriage was dispersing into an empty painful divorce. We couldn’t… Read more

  • Cherry Blossom in Winter

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    Finding grace in unexpected places. Travelling light with our Creator. Learning to accept what needs pruned in our life to make way for new growth. Read more