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Making a House a Home (opens the original)
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We sold our house at the end of July and relocated from leafy Nottinghamshire to the rolling hills of South Wales. There was just one problem with the move, we didn’t have a home to go to. Luckily for us we have family, and they have spare rooms, garages, lofts, cellars, love and lots of patience! But we couldn’t stay with them forever, and for the past two weeks we’ve been settling into our new home.The move has happened in stages: first the stuff, then me, my husband for a few nights before he
Soothed by the Sea (opens the original)
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We’ve been holidaying with some friends by the seaside. I don’t really consider myself a beach person. I don’t like the feeling of sand on my skin, I can never get comfortable on a towel, and no matter how well I think I’ve packed my beach bag I always seem to be missing something. But despite this, after a few days of beach life there’s no denying I’m feeling much more relaxed, how does that work?Well, I succumbed to peer pressure and went swimming in the sea. It was bracing at first, but once
The Lasso Way (opens the original)
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I’ve recently discovered the joys of the TV programme Ted Lasso. A good friend recommended it to me years ago, but I’m afraid my many years as a sports widow led to resentments that made me far too judgey of football to give it a shot.<img a
The Transient Nature of Life (opens the original)
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My family’s life is packed into boxes and scattered amongst the garages, lofts and seldom used spaces of our extended family. Our much-loved home no longer belongs to us, yet neither do we have a home to go to. Our rental is available in five weeks, until then we will be living out of suitcases packed with what we thought we’d need, whilst tamping down feelings of frustration at not being able to find the box that contains what we actually need. In truth, we probably don’t need that thing either
The Unexpected Hole of Not Writing (opens the original)
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Hello lovely people, it’s been a while. Let’s see if I can remember how to do this, while resisting the urge to read back through everything I’ve ever written to remind me how to do this, which I’m recognising is its own special form of procrastination.I didn’t expect to be back writing so soon. Those of you who’ve been here before will know I stepped away from my blog to focus on my Level 2 counselling course, which required a lot of writing: reflections, journals, essays. It was a lot. I finis
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