I watched recently how an artist creates a painting. All that was there at first was the faintest of sketches, on a blank canvas. Our biographies are a bit like this. The first lines drawn, the first markers of what makes up a life. But then the layers come. Great...
When facing forward we can trust two things: that the earth will be there to catch us whenever it is we dare to take our next step; and that the road will continue to wind out of sight, until some day we will each return our borrowed stardust to the universe. I took...
The tag on the shower puff read 'This product is made from natural materials, imperfections may show with use'. Well indeed. Exactly that. From time to time we could all do with that label on. Reminding others, reminding ourselves. Remembering this is true for those...
What takes up space in our homes? In our lives? In our time? How do we know when we have run out of space? Or when a little space makes itself known? From time to time I run out of space and I only realise when a little has been clawed back, when I catch myself...
If I were to map my footprints they would be in lines drawn thick with repetition my commute to and fro the direction of travel always up down left right straight along back again Daily paths predictable rigid angular I see kids and how they map their day how they...
It is a wonderful thing, to know your place in the world and to fully inhabit it. Very good things stem from taking up your space. I've put together some of the people and places who do this so well on my 'inspired by' page. To this I must add, Olympians... In the...
I could do with some help. I am not good at making things. But I need to make a kite. You see some time ago now words were written and things said that caused me great pain. And I have not known what to do with them and so they sit in a box in the loft. I even...
Resolution, reconciliation and redemption. No matter what I know about these 3 R's on this day, there will be more to say about them tomorrow. As with most matters, this can only be all I know so far, such is the beauty of time and life - that we may change our minds....
Not my idea of course. Someday, some time, long ago, some folk gathered the 3 P's together as landmarks of life, or at least what was life-giving to them. And so were established three pillars of Celtic spirituality. Poetry. Pilgrimage. Presence. I tie my flag to...