I'm not quite sure where the year has gone - I think I've literally slept through a large part of it! - but here we are in Advent again. We've had the wonderful Advent Carol Service at church, got out the advent calendar at home, and have now decorated the Christmas tree which beautifully illuminates its corner of the living room. For the past six years, this has been a particularly reflective time for me - not only in the ways the church intends, but also in a very personal

Well, the fresh river air did its magic last Saturday, and it's lasted all week. My transformation from the lethargy and lack of focus...

As my nearest and dearest know all too well, I'm not good at cleaning and tidying. I do like things to be neat, but once they start...

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I'm currently in the process of knitting a beautiful lace shawl for the Chaos Gremlin (formerly...

Having knitted most of a sock in early December while on a long weekend in France, I managed to finish knitting it a week later - and...

This has been one of those weeks that simultaneously feels as though it's flown past, while at the same time each day has lasted about 72...

A bit of everything, a bit of nothing: that's how I think I'd summarise this week! Both my husband and I are feeling much recovered from...

Somehow it has taken me until this year to realise just how important it is for me to have routines in my life, but this understanding...

Like so many others, my childhood imaginings about the freedom of adult life turned out to be far from the truth. Instead of indulging...