When I’m blue and feel let down,When I’m cross and full of frown,My little ball of fluff and stuffsnuggles warm and close enough,Saucer eyes and whiskery smile,Engine running for a while.A furry hug from top to toe,Looks at me as if he knows. A sliver of moonlight or distant soundand he’s off again to prowl […]

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Winnie: Agnes – What do you do when you are blue? Agnes:   I start breathing again!

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Almost Halloween

We got caught in a traffic jam outside the pumpkin mans home in Slindon yesterday and drove home past Amberley, a beautiful drive but yesterday the Downs were hidden atmospherically in a Sherlock Holmes pea souper

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Lift my hat to Norway

Trying to find out about the mountain peak collapse of huge mount Mannen in Norway – heavy rain seems to be the cause (helecopter video of the slope) came across something else. This is old news, perhaps everyone but me already knew about it but with a nod to my dad – take my imaginary […]

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Water Vole – Riverbank

Not sure why – but we made a water vole with own home (made from raffia) lined with dried autumn leaves on a small pile of wooden logs The Vole had own blackberry to snack on (fruit – not a mobile phone). It did sell. Water voles are only distantly related to rats. They have […]

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Poverty Alliance

Thank you for passing by – Poverty Alliance It is very impressive to see how Cuba is reaching out – it doesn’t have to be about money, althou this helps, more about helping pull someone up when they are down

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Break a routine

Have rediscovered one of those motivational books, bought and always meant to read.. but never got past the first few pages but tried again – its called ‘How to get the best out of everything – Flip It’ by Michael Heppell. What caught my eye skimming thru was the chapter on Creativity and his advice […]

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On transforming traumatic stress

Even on the periphery of someone else’s journey – you can get sucked in to traumatic stress, however much you try to keep calm. Someone sent me a link today to a book about recovering from traumatic stress. Time, talking, when you are ready and just being outside doing ordinary things seems to work for […]

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