Treasure Bridges: connecting Past and Present

There is something about this time of year that encourages a shedding of past experiences. We are told to leave the past behind us and to look forward towards a new and (hopefully) better future. I’m not disputing the validity of this approach, but I would...

December… the time of fresh starts.

I’ve just finished Vivian Swift’s wonderful book, “When Wanderers Cease to Roam – A Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put”. It is unique in its celebration of both nomadism and rootedness, and delightfully detailed and grounded in its...

A Return to Settledness

What happens when plans change? Do you sigh with relief, feeling an expanse of unexpected time and space opening up before you? Do you feel yourself tensing, a creeping awareness that you’ve just lost your projected future? How do you return to the life that...

Is Being Enough, Enough?

On the brink of change, of conflict, of transition, or of loss? Perhaps you are less on the brink, and more caught up in the irresistable flow of life’s medley of challenges – and you feeling thrust into a future you aren’t quite ready for? You...

Moving… again. It’s actually a Big Deal.

So, it’s just occurred to me that I’m going through transition. I know, doh. Due to my impending nuptials, I’m planning on moving house in the next three months. I suppose it snuck up on me. I mean, I’ve done house moves. I’ve moved...

A Whole Life

“A Whole Life”. Isn’t that an enticing phrase? A life that is whole, complete, wholesome, meaningful, seen in its entirety? There are many associations we can make with those three little words. The first time they came to my notice, it was as the...

Being a Cultural Patchwork

I grew up amongst some dedicated patchwork quilters. The work was too fiddly to appeal to me; I liked craftwork that gave more instant gratification. The quilters demonstrated seemingly infinite patience, and an ability to match varying patterns and colours in their...