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Dark balm

(post written in March 2020, at the start of the corona lockdown) 3 in the morning and awake. Again. This time not tossing and turning ...

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Leaping once again

What does it take to get 'stuff' out of us and into the rest of the world? For months now I have simply failed to write - at least, faile...

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There and back again ...

Apple#638/ Day Zero A long, slow departure - a wrench, yes, with intermittent stabs of sudden sadness at all that I have left behind - an...

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Queen Mary 2

Apple#637/ -1 It took me 3 days to stop feeling I need to do stuff here on the Queen Mary 2; or even to notice that I didn’t really want ...

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Bucket list

Apple#630/ -9 “You can be anyone and do anything you like in New York” they told me before I came here, and I believed them. And since my...

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Time is running away

Apple#619/ -11 Time is a mystery: at least, shall I say, how I experience time can, to my unpredicting (even if by now familiarised) amaz...

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Harvest

Apple#610 / -27 Seeds once fell on my land. Dispersed by hand, by wind, by bird and beast; seeds of many kinds, left to grow just where t...

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Soon time to fly?

Apple#609/ -28 When we were planning our departure for the US two years ago, we were given this Ikea poster by Dave (brother) and Paula: ...

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A legacy!

Apple#608/ -29 When I arrived in New York I knew no-one and had nothing to do! Apart that is from the one thing I had registered for in a...

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Cape Cod

Apple#604 I am thinking it is probably something to do with the light: a few days away with Swiss friends Heike and Iris near Wellfleet o...

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Beach Bums

Apple#589 It really feels like we are on a roll, as our wonder-adventure in the US reaches its culmination and we begin to prepare to lea...

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Sweet 22

Apple#560 When my mother was just out of University, in 1954, she was privileged to be offered the opportunity to spend a year at Sweet B...

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Snail's pace

Apple#581 So it is nearly over ... our time in New York is coming to an end and in under 2 months we will be back in Kimpton, back 'at ho...

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Visiting DC: a quirk's eye view

Apple#556 I arrived in Washington happy on Wednesday night, despite the unexpectedly rattly 4 hour train ride from Penn Station. The city...

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Birdsong

Apple#517 I have surprised myself by how often I think and talk about birdsong: since living here, I miss it; in the UK I notice it and I...

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Mmmmmmassage

Apple#516 Jojo is my favourite New York masseuse, and I just came back from a gorgeous hour under her strong warm hands. Luca and I have ...

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Simple things

Apple#510 Who would have thought that I would come back to England’s bright late winter and feel moved and enchanted by a common-or-garde...

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Towards 'pain-free'

Apple#506 FM Alexander Since September I have been attending a school for Alexander Technique as a full-time trainee, that is, for 4 morn...

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Welcome to the UK

Apple#501 Rain like rivers and a traffic jam on the motorway. I feel at home already!

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In-flight

Apple#500 It’s been 6 months since I was last in the UK and now a total of 16 months since we left on our international adventure (501 da...

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