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WisdomEats: La Blonderie tart

I am loving the markets filled with food and local cidre here in Normandy. I am cooking and eating out in equal measure. As one of the boys pointed out yesterday when I was dreaming of a holiday in a hotel with no clearing up, cooking or dish washing; I’d miss cooking in a kitchenContinue reading “WisdomEats: La Blonderie tart “

Be kind to yourself

Some days life feels overwhelming. My mind is overloaded. My heart heavy. My emotions in the driving seat. My body weary. Yesterday had its share. My response is not always the right one, I’m not always kind to myself or those around me. The ‘shoulds’ get very amplified, and they demand loudly that I ‘doContinue reading “Be kind to yourself “

Boxer shorts

I live with 4 adorable men sized males. Some weeks I pick up, wash, dry, fold and sort into piles at least 30 to 40 pairs of boxer shorts, it actually feels like twice that amount!! I have a large load washing machine and I can easily fill it just with boxers! Let me tellContinue reading “Boxer shorts”

The back story

I’m often overwhelmed by a sense of powerlessness when I read about injustice or the casualties of war or the victims of disaster (man-made or nature). My mantra is once you know about something that’s wrong then you must act, even in the smallest of ways, to do something. I refuse to be uninformed, toContinue reading “The back story “

The path home

I get lost sometimes. I isolate myself. Shut myself off. Hide. I long to shrink, to take up less space. I try to become invisible and then before I know it, it’s difficult to make my way back. The light is dim, the path hidden, my mind confused. By far the most disorientating part isContinue reading “The path home”

self care

Alarm bells go off in my soul when I’m at the end of my tether. This is their sound. One, overwhelming tiredness that looks like loosing my thought mid-sentence and not even realising I’ve stopped talking. Two, that awful whirring feeling inside like I’m on a hamster wheel and can’t get off because THERE’SContinue reading “self care”

When fear tries to steal your soul

The news from Paris is rightly frightening and devastating. People intentionally and callously destroyed in the name of a depraved cause. A cause which funds itself from selling children, girls and women into forced ‘marriages’ where they are raped, violated, abused and then often resold. A cause that can justify that, can justify the terrorContinue reading “When fear tries to steal your soul “

The tide is turning …

I bought a different newspaper today for the first time in 16 years!! And your question is – why are you blogging this??? The reason I chose a different paper, with an entirely different political stance than my usual? I was influenced by my 17 year old. No other person or commentator influenced my decisionContinue reading “The tide is turning …”

todays prayer

Your presence Jesus; You Jesus are everything. More, Deeper. Across waters Through valleys In the harvest laden fields Over parched earth Climbing on hands and knees up mountains Searching through woods Ambling along the waters edge. Everywhere, In every circumstance. Always, Only You, Jesus.

An Imperfect Mammy

Being a Mammy (must be said in an irish accent!) is hard bloody work. And yes that was half a swear. Bloody only counts as half a swear in our house; it falls into the ‘not a very nice word and please don’t use it in front of the grannies word, but if you needContinue reading “An Imperfect Mammy”