Tag Archives: Mood

‘Mum!! The dog ate the flapjacks!!!’ – So I share a perfect recipe with the world..

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

We have a lovely 5-year-old black Labrador x Collie dog called Barnaby. Apparently ‘free’, in that we had him as a puppy following a friend’s dog producing a surprise litter, he has, in truth, cost us a fortune. There have been the … Continue reading →

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Dandelions and Bad Hair Days – the ‘clock’ counts down as the website is launched

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Apologies for the rather dodgy pun in the title but what an exciting day! The book Dandelions and Bad Hair Days is awaiting the final touches and a foreword from the charity SANE (who have seen and read it and been so … Continue reading →

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Insomnia – that 5am feeling….

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

I haven’t been able to sleep too well recently. In the past, bed has been a safe place I long to reach at the end of a long day; somewhere I can lie comfortably close to my husband, or turn away and … Continue reading →

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A poetic inspiration – lines that mean the world to us

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

I have been inspired this morning. Not to write too much of my own but to look at the work of others and take heart from the possibilities that work opens up to me. This is due simply to the … Continue reading →

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Do I have to change my personality to market my book?

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

Dandelions and Bad Hair Days will be published in the early autumn of this year. That is great news and I am looking forward to seeing it in print and using it to raise awareness of mental health issues and … Continue reading →

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Doing Good? – Mental Health Awareness Week 2012

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2012. Perhaps you are suffering from ‘Awareness Week’  fatigue? Haven’t we had Depression Awareness week already? It’s Dementia Awareness Week too – isn’t that just another sort of mental illness? Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Why do I dig? A gardening philosophy…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Gardens and gardening have always been at the heart of philosophical discussion. Cultivating our environment raises all sorts of questions from the ‘big’ ones  - what it means to be ‘alive’ perhaps, or how far is a garden an expression of faith harking … Continue reading →

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Let’s hope it stops by Tuesday…. Rain in poetry by A A Milne & Langston Hughes

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

I couldn’t resist it. The rain has been incessant. The roads of Somerset are flooded and the thick, grey sky seems to come down so low you fear you will lose your way in it. Will it ever stop? These … Continue reading →

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S.I.S.N.M – the wonderful Nic Elgey on why you need suffer in silence no more…

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Editor’s note: Today is the first anniversary of the creation of a very special group founded by a special woman. I first became aware of Suffer in Silence No More via a friend on Facebook who knew about my guest … Continue reading →

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Minding where I’m going: The road less travelled by…

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

I took a wonderful walk last Thursday. It started on the well-worn route behind the ‘best beds in the world’ Relyon factory just around the corner from where we live in Wellington, Somerset. The footpath is a narrow one, overhung with spindly … Continue reading →

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