
From Distancing to Embracing
Here are a few bits of news and info that might help you through the next few weeks. There's a beautiful glow of spring light at the end...

In a suspended world
My recent walks have been accompanied by the steady tempo of a cuckoo calling for a mate across the valley. It’s paradoxical that a bird...

Happiness as an act of awareness
#natureconnectedness #mindfulness Where is your attention? We live in a world where there are a hundred things competing for our...

Writing and talking
Photo Credit: Pete Massey I write lots of things about nature, creativity and wellbeing for all kinds of different reasons (proposals,...

Signs of Life
I've enjoyed some lovely moments in Kirklees Parks recently watching people interact with my Signs of Life project. With a bit of help...

Resilience is about how your recharge, not how you endure
I've been getting very frustrated with myself for taking an interminably long time to recover from a period of stress and overwork. Even...

Paradox of winter
The soundscape today is a backdrop of prickly dry crispy rustling noises. Every shade of russet in the dying undergrowth, interlaced with...

Lacework Shadows
Warm sun beams dazzling single strands of cobweb, glittering in the breeze. There’s an air of calm acceptance to the autumn Woodland...

A look back
A few memories of all the lovely things I worked on over the summer. I feel so lucky to work with such brilliant people - thanks...

Take a breath
I'm really enjoying that sweetly painful anticipation of autumn that starts to creep in at the end of August. Autumnal colours are...