It was snowing outside again today, and the wind had an ice-cream headache cold edge to it. Not a day for lingering outside and I want to write so I ended up flicking through a notebook for ideas and came across a few words written in the summer while sitting on the beach in the … Continue reading A Quiet Life II: a moment in time
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A Quiet Life II: shades of change
Winter in England tends to be a grey affair, thick cloud flattening the sky and the light, the short drab days making you want to hibernate. Lights are on most of the day and there’s often a creeping damp cold in the air. Today’s a case in point, wet, windy and very grey, a typical … Continue reading A Quiet Life II: shades of change
A Quiet Life II: walking
Getting outside, fresh air, going for a walk — long or short — is an important part of my life. I need it every day. During the UK’s COVID-related lockdowns it’s taken on a real importance, and gives at least a little freedom, although inevitably for a lot of that time it’s meant walking close … Continue reading A Quiet Life II: walking
A Quiet Life II: the joy in small things
Here in the UK we’ve just entered our third period of COVID-related lockdown in 10 months. We’re all fed up at this point, and even if vaccinations are being rolled out across the country it’s going to be some time before restrictions are lifted. And it’s happening during the hardest time of year when skies … Continue reading A Quiet Life II: the joy in small things
Wordless Wednesday #70: sun through the trees
Wordless Wednesday #69: chive flowers
Wordless Wednesday #68: cirrus sky
Wordless Wednesday #67: dandelions
Wordless Wednesday #66: wild garden
A Quiet Life #3: Brean Down, Somerset, June 2019
I've only been to Brean Down once, in early June last year. An outlier of the Mendip Hills to the east, it stretches into the brown-blue waters of the Bristol Channel rising to about 100m above the beach and the water. I'd wanted to visit and walk its length for some time, its location combined … Continue reading A Quiet Life #3: Brean Down, Somerset, June 2019