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The magic of Christmas

With jostles, shoves and pushesa beautiful Christmas tree is given pride of place in the living roombut, forlorn and disheveled with twisted limbsfrom being squashed through the doorit is a sad shadow of what it once was.Undeterred, children circle the tree.Carefully, they place colourful baubles and wrap themselves in tinselas they swathe it around the…

Take a moment in nature

The sky is a light blue fading to a dusty pink as the golden sun sinks slowly behind the horizon. Swifts shriek with joy as they soar and dive in the cool evening air and swallows chatter in a huddle on the telephone wire. A gentle and very welcome breeze gently fingers through your hair…

Take a moment- enjoy the moment

Today is bright, still and calm. A tonic after weeks of blistering winds, heavy rain and gloomy days. The stillness is blissful but feels like the calm before the storm. Even so I am enjoying the serenity. Winter is definitely firmly present as there is a chill in the air, the trees are still baring…

Take a moment

The road meanders ahead like a long grey ribbon breaking up the golden countryside that stretches as far as the eye can see. In the distance a hill looms watching and waiting but never seeming to get any nearer. I could be in the Wild West of America with the sense of timelessness, space and…

Take a moment for mindfulness

The roaring fills my ears and travels into my head. A constant sound that ebbs and flows rhythmically. In other circumstances a noise as loud as this would be annoying but in this instance it makes me feel alive and at one with the elements. A sense of being part of nature washes over me.…

Be in the Moment- Oh Christmas Tree…

The door is flung open and a cold blast of air enters the house. With a lot of jostling, shoving and pushing a beautiful Christmas tree is finally wrestled into its new home. It stands in pride of place in the living room but looks all forlorn and disheveled. Its limbs twisted and misshapen after…

Take a moment –

All autumnal colour has been stripped from the trees and now the patchwork quilt of leaves blankets their roots, keeping them warm through the cold, damp winter months. The fruits are left glistening enticingly like jewels brightening the otherwise gloomy dark branches. Birds flock to sample the tree’s wares, fattening up in preparation for the…

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