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...

Friends to the Rescue

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It’s rather strange isn’t it how our lives seem to have phases when one activity becomes less spontaneous (blogging in my case right now),...

Onto the Subject of Hedgehogs & Frogs

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“I thought this was a blog about cycling”, I hear myself commenting. “Had this been a play written for radio about experiences on a bike,...

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...

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...

“We Are Better Than This!”

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There’s a wonderful book for ‘blocked creatives’ called 'The Artist’s Way'. I’ve been dipping into it for years, even though it’s meant to be...

Strange Times are These / Frazzled

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The person in the mirror bears an uncanny resemblance to a ‘befuddled smurf’. Only less cute. My reaction? There is none and that's a...

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...

Land of the Dragons

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A difficult few weeks have made blogging about as possible as climbing the Eiffel tower backwards... No, I'm not sure why I chose a...

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'...

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