Starting at the Beginning

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“So what are you going to call this blog”, asks a friend. He’s been bugging me about it for months but I just haven’t...

Learning from a tiny garden

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A friend texts me as I sit down to drink my Americano with hot milk (… ironic isn’t it that it would be simply...

Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

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“How come you don’t get bored doing the same route every day”, I get asked. Though I think the question was rhetorical, it resurfaces as...

The Power of Distraction

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I’m feeling about as much fun as a wet weekend at a Bognor Regis bus stop. Not that I’ve ever waited at one (should...

Embracing those ‘Disabled Days’

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Today is one of those frustratingly contradictory days when I am aware of my blessings, but the simplest of things have become a massive...

Colours of the Soul

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“So what do you call this?", you rightly say. "Turning up without a "How do you do?" after months of silence!” Suitably shamed, I find...

Magic Moments

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This morning, there was a haunting cry overhead that is not often heard over this way. It caused me to look upward somewhat absent...

Furry Friends

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It’s amazing how bleak things can seem. Right before they're not! Although the process can be far from simple, overcoming that sense of 'stuckness'...

Kintsugi

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Right now, I’m feeling more broken than usual. Every time I move my head in a particular way, there’s a disconcerting feeling, as if...

The Mug Huggers

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After trying out 3 different tables, I eventually settle onto a cosy window seat, its back rest comfortably provided by a large double glazed...

About me

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Welcome to my Blog! Writing this has only been possible because of an upright folding bicycle gifted by a precious friend. Since then, cycling has transformed a miserable version of me, with a spine and balance system that scream out when I walk, into a fitter and happier drug-free version, in love with my bike, the friendship it brings and the green spaces it takes us to.

Favourite Quotes

“When a door closes, another door should open, but if it doesn’t, then go in through the window” – Anonymous

“When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars” – Oscar Wilde

“A woman is like a tea bag. You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” – Helen Keller

“There is always someone who wants to confiscate our humanity and there are always stories to restore us” – Andrew Solomon

"Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies" - Unknown

"If at first you don't succeed .... so much for skydiving" - Henny Youngman