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Poetry and essays exploring nature, mental health, spirituality and belonging. Also hosting Sarah's Reading Corner.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Autumn is an exhale (opens the original)
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Last year, in early to mid September, the title of the below poem came to me, as an exhale, as a release, a letting go. While there is much I enjoy about summer, overall it’s too intense for me. Like someone turned up the volume on life (and the thermostat… I am not good with the more and more common heatwaves we’re experiencing in Central Europe over the past 5-10 years). So when the nights get cooler, darker and quieter, it feels like a kind of relief, a coming home. Like I can breathe again.
Sarah’s Reading Corner episode 52 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,I hope this late September day finds you well, and you too feel some of the calm and ease of the season. Chapter 4 promptsHere we are again exposed to the juxtaposition of the feminine and the masculine. Mr Ramsay feels that there’s something inherently vague about women (which is part of their “extraordinary charm”..), and he tries to get … Read more
Sarah’s Reading Corner episode 51 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,As this episode goes live, I will be in Ireland with my aunt, mother and cousin, and later this Sunday we will be heading to my father’s old pub to listen to a typical Sunday lunchtime session where local musicians come together to play, just for the joy and companionship of it. It makes my heart happy to think about that these traditions c… Read more
Good Books Autumn 2026 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Good Books issue 3 is here, which means it’s now more than 6 months since I sat down sometime in early spring and thought “maybe I should create a magazine for my book reviews and seasonal poetry”. I posted a little note with a mockup, and the support and enthusiasm you all showed told me that I was offering something you wanted. I’m so proud of what Good Books has become and is becoming, and of course I couldn’t have done it without you! With each issue, more submissions have been
Sarah’s Reading Corner episode 50 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,We’ve reached the final part of this book, that I feel has carried me through a vast swathe of time, as if I hardly remember who I was when I started reading it. This has something to do with my life at the moment, undoubtedly, but also something to do with the nature of this book and how time passes, and how it zooms in and out fluidly lik… Read more
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