It's No Small Thing...
It is no small thing to trust the tiny things in life. How many times have you heard me say that! I might sound like a broken record, but...
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Anna
Oct 291 min read
Book Update...
Here is an excerpt from my latest book. Click here to have a preview. If anyone locally would like a copy but doesn't want the hassle of...
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Anna
Oct 231 min read
Exciting News...
I am beyond excited to report that I have just compiled a beautiful photo book of the Alentejo countryside accompanied by blogs I've...
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Anna
Oct 202 min read
Saving My Love...
I am saving my love for the green spikes of grass pushing up through the barren earth after autumnal rain. I don’t want to step on a...
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Anna
Sep 12 min read
Life Like This...
Dog snoring in sunrise’s early glow. Same coloured cat curled within her legs and snuggled into her softness, who could have ever...
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Anna
Aug 12 min read
I'd Rather Be Influenced...
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours;“...
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Anna
Jul 12 min read
The Story Began...
This story began many generations ago in Shropshire. It began with farming genes in the blood. It began with a connection to trees and...
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Anna
Jun 42 min read
Here I am...
Here I am watching spring meld into summer. Grass burnt from green to gold, pastures waving their frond like blades in the summer breeze...
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Anna
Apr 271 min read
It Could Be...
It could be hot buttered toast piled high with butter and damson jam...
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Anna
Mar 232 min read
The tortoise and the hare...
Giving in to this moment, I stop trying to hijack every tick of the clock. Instead, I give in to being a tortoise rather than a hare;...
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Anna
Feb 122 min read
I Write Because...
I write because it eases my mind. All those pesky thoughts rushing around my head creating confusion and discombobulating my day pour...
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Anna
Dec 31, 20232 min read
I Took All The Time I Needed...
The house didn’t get cleaned because I took all the time I needed to relish the crisp morning air as I walked the dogs. Then I stopped to...
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Anna
Sep 9, 20232 min read
It Could Be...
It could be Zara’s big nose resting on my knee in the early morning, which makes me aware of her liquid brown eyes telling me it’s time...
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Anna
May 20, 20233 min read
The Surrender Story...
Bear with me, I want to tell you something about surrender… Oh, I know how that sounds, but I’m not trying to be a drama queen. It’s just...
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Anna
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Certainty and Uncertainty...
This is the woman who was completely certain that her pregnant sows should and would have their piglets safely in the surroundings of the...
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Anna
Apr 5, 20232 min read
I'm Not Sure I Told You...
I’m not sure that I told you but… when all the world seems a hopeless jumble and people are sad and frightened I never thought I could...
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Anna
Mar 9, 20232 min read
Twelve Strokes Of Luck
The first stroke of luck is that I have found my way to a tiny pocket of Portugal out of the noise of the world. The second is that I...
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Anna
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Maybe Today...
Maybe today is the day to acknowledge how much courage we need to get through every day. It might not seem that way, but the mind plays a...
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Anna
Dec 30, 20221 min read
Magical Mushrooms
The delicious autumn rain brought mushrooms in abundance. Magically, they push through the soft soil casting aside clods of earth to...
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Anna
Dec 10, 20222 min read
A Two Cat Lap
Bear with me whilst I tell you something about my rescue kitty cats. A couple of things I’d like to admit is that these two little alley...
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