Tag Archives: Mood

‘In a drear-nighted December’: Keats on post-Christmas blues

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

I wrote this post at the end of 2011, but as we head towards Twelfth Night once again; as we prepare to take down the tree and get back into the old routines it rang a soft sleigh bell in … Continue reading →

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‘Moments of truth’ in mental health – Lucy’s story

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Editors note: This is Lucy’s story, the first in a monthly series of guest posts on the subject of mental health. Lucy is in her 30′s and a mum to two lovely children. It is in her own words, and … Continue reading →

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Where do you…..?

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

Write…. Read….. Eat….. I follow Rin Simpson’s great blog Now I am thirty , not because I have a great deal in common with her age-wise (I most certainly do not) but because like her I have a desire to … Continue reading →

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Bonfires, brown leaves and striped assassins – the seasons they are a-changing…

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

I am still on holiday here in lovely Suffolk, but it now feels a little less like a summer holiday at all. Combine harvesters are working late into the evening to bring in the fields full of wheat before the … Continue reading →

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Happy Hair Day – how follicles and cuticles can make our mood…

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

I am sitting in front of my laptop as I write this finding any excuse to fling my head round quickly to get the full benefit of ‘the bounce’.  It’s that lovely feeling you get when you come back from … Continue reading →

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