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 1
- 2 min
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 1
- 2 min
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 4
- 2 min
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 27
- 1 min
It Could Be...
It could be hot buttered toast piled high with butter and damson jam...
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Anna
- Mar 23
- 2 min
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 12
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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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Anna
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
Did I love it enough…
Did I love it enough... those years when the rain fell steady and relentless, pounding on the roof, finding any crevices to drop through...
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Anna
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Magical Moments
Hey! How many magical moments have you enjoyed today? None? Surely not. I don’t believe that. Bear with me, but didn’t you see the peach...
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Anna
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Life as it is...
Summer is drifting away, but autumn has yet to show its face. These shoulder months are delicious in their gentle fragrance and promise...
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Anna
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Summering...
A dear friend gave me a book for Christmas called, Wintering by Katherine May: the power of rest and retreat in difficult times. Turning...
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