Category Archives: Ramblings

The one with the anniversary

Some traditions are worth holding onto. It’s that time of year when I tell you we used to look like this. And now this… Our marriage is officially a teenager. 13 years of walking through life together. Over the years … Continue reading

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On finding my Advent mojo…

Looking back over the years I seem to have had a varied response to advent. Some years I cannot wait, am super prepared and have picked out what reflections I shall enjoy in the season. Some years I have had … Continue reading

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On music that soothes the soul…

There’s a line from a Karine Polwart song which goes “you put me back together again, just when I thought I was broken forever, so broken that nothing in this earth could mend me, you put me back together again.” … Continue reading

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One year…

I’m back in IKEA, back after a whirlwind three weeks of moving stress, new house to bed into, half term to adjust to, boys to help settle into a new place, the exhaustion that comes with a brain learning new … Continue reading

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On changing seasons and remembering…

I’m sitting here (IKEA again..) trying to work out what it is that I’m learning in this time.  How to put into words the threads of thoughts which swirl around my mind? At times I would like Dumbledore’s Pensieve to … Continue reading

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