Category: journal

9 August 2026
15 July 2026

It smells like late summer Living in the countryside, the dusty smell of harvest is very evocative. Walking back from Uplyme this morning, I passed a stubble field where the oilseed rape had been combined a couple of days ago, and the aroma was very redolent of August,…

1 July 2026

This post is prompted by a year-long course I’m doing, emphasizing the importance of both presence and being ‘in the moment’. An evening walk down the lane from my house – just a few hundred steps in the cool evening breeze just before sunset. Long shadows, golden light…