Slow Progress

I feel as though I am wading through mud today. Yet another sleepless night last night has left me tired, aching and muddle-headed. Some progress has been made on my new workstation in the bureau corner. At least, I have made some planning decisions… …also… A drawer for my pens, pencils, inks etc. Look – …

December Reflections 16: Plant Love

PLANT noun1. a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.Similar: herb flower vegetable shrub weed greenery flora Dahlia, I believe Just …

December Reflections 15: Difficult day in 2020

Oh, wow, we have to pick just one from all of those difficult days? Sticking a pin into my diary, I come up with The Day That We Didn’t Stay In Germany. Back at the beginning of September we set off from home in the hope of travelling to Germany, through Austria and beyond, to …

Masks

I came across a quotation today that I wish to note down “We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile”~Paul Laurence Dunbar I need to return to this.

Wishing on a Shooting Star; An Intention to Find an Intent

Yesterday was a good day. I felt positive and energised and achieved a good deal, I think. I was on quite a high when I went to bed. Sleep eluded me for a long time as my head was abuzz with ideas. The sky was bright and clear and I could make out the constellations …

December Reflections 14: Mask Selfie

No! Really? Must I? I do not have a happy relationship with face masks. One of the several reasons that I gave up my work in the NHS was because I had much trouble with mask-wearing and more than once had to fight off an overwhelming urge to tear a mask from my face whilst …