seeing the humanity and joy in our everyday
‘As a child, I heard about the tall rock my grandmother used to live on, at the edge of the sea. I heard of the waves, crashing onto the shore, of their unmistakable sound, of the salt in the nostrils and the grilled fish for supper. ‘
Continue reading “THE STORIES OF THINGS: HOUSE ON A HIGH ROCK”
‘Holding inside her the secret pattern for the carpet, she would weave each thread gently in and gently out, through hard wired vertical, thick weft thread, stopping from time to time to align them. Sometimes the shed stick, the wooden stick separating threads, would drop, the tension in the thread would be lost, and words would pass, or would they retrieve their work peacefully and resolutely?’
“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” John Banville
‘In hindsight I can see perhaps it was good that I was forced to confront my grief in so unadulterated a manner, but it was so hard – I would never choose it!’ Tamlyn
Continue reading “I would never choose it – Grieving during lockdown”
‘and while she bends down to sit at the corner of fall and winter
Her worries settle down with her
As they shake and shake
Until the very last brown leaf drops.’ (@komorebi.koyama)
Continue reading “At the corner of fall and winter – on the meaning of nature”
I look in the nearby shrubs and there… I find it! It’s a little vine creeper… Perfect! I string the creeper through, in and around the table settings … Voila! It’s all come together. My daughter, Rachel, strings the fairy lights across some nearby poles and my brother-in-law, Floyd, gets the fire going in the wheelbarrow, while hubby, Garth and my sister- in-law, Chantel, get the dinner going…
Continue reading “A lockdown dinner – Nola’s story of 2020”
Letters of gratefulness – a bonus edition only in January
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‘You know what, Alex, I believe this table is covered in little hopes.’ (Nanhe)
‘The pride I have about my sister is so immense that I wanted to share with you all that my sister is a superhero.’ (Sheila)
Continue reading “Stretched and pulled in all directions – a tribute to frontline workers”
The podcast is back and this week we introduce a story from Ilze. She tells how her creativity flourished during the first lockdown, and, with lockdown number 2 coming to the UK and many European countries, we thought this would be a timely reminder. Continue reading “Chasing sunsets – creativity during lockdown”