In the half a year (or more) that I’ve been away from here, things have slowly started to move in my life. For years I’ve been aiming halfheartedly and haphazardly at simplifying my life. This morning (while cleaning out a bookcase!), I had to laugh when I saw the collection of books on simplicity. There […]

I’m in a quandry. Completely torn in two directions. I dream about living a minimalist life. Away with clutter and too much stuff, bring on the streamlined look – less to look after, space, light, freedom. I really want to live like that. But I’m having a terrible job getting rid of anything. I’d decided […]

Today I had a day off work. Jet-lag had me up and about bright and early and I was running in the woods by 6.15 after watching a wonderful sunrise. All the holiday ironing was done by 9.30 and I managed to take in a yoga class at lunchtime and do a couple of hours […]

I’ve been away. Literally and figuratively. I took about 9 months out of work and gave myself some time to think about what I want out of life. Now I’m coming back – I’ve started a new job, very different to what I had before and I’m moving forwards to live the life I want […]

I can’t really say where this year has gone to so far or why I haven’t been blogging. I mean, I intended too, but…..oh you now…little things get in the way. I discovered Instagram – I’m blaming Instagram…. Life on the hill has been fairly quiet. It’s been a grey winter, but not too cold […]