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Musings: Sliding Into Autumn

I am a spring-into-summer person.  I love the awakening of the land; the buds on the trees and bushes, the early daffodils and tulips, the birds and the bees awakening from a winter lethargy, and the sun rising higher in the sky and giving more warmth.  I am not a fan of the arrival of autumn, even though I think autumn itself is a very beautiful season.  I simply don’t like the fact that it heralds the coming winter and the cooler temperatures and the presence of grey days.

Our local streets have filled with more traffic than there has . . . → Read More: Musings: Sliding Into Autumn

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Self Nurturing: Reading and Writing

I may not have written much in the last couple of months, but words have still been the centre of my life.  They were not running off my fingertips through the computer but they were certainly filling my heart, soul, and mind.  In the absence of writing I have been doing a lot of reading.

It’s as though words in some way, shape, or form have to be in my life.  I love seeing them printed or written across the page.  It fascinates me to think about what the words hold.  It could be information about an object, a machine . . . → Read More: Self Nurturing: Reading and Writing

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Reading Or Writing: It’s Still About Words

Well, I’m sitting here looking at my lap-top and wondering just what am I going to write about.  Maybe that’s the wrong comment.  I’m pretty sure I know what I’m going to write about – my absence from writing since 20 October.  I’m just not sure how I’m going to go about it or exactly what will appear on the page.

I can at least share what I have been doing in the last ten days: reading.  I have devoured at least twelve books in that period. Every spare moment has been spent reading.  Every meal and every bathroom visit . . . → Read More: Reading Or Writing: It’s Still About Words