I have recently (yesterday and today!) been reminded of my dream as a child to be an archaeologist. I was fascinated with the stories of the Egyptians in primary school, then visiting the British Museum and Natural History Museum (many times). This morphed into a fascination with Natural History, volunteering at Tullie House Museum inContinue reading “Dreams of the child in me”
Category Archives: Thought of the day
That time of year
It seems to be that reflective time of year once more. I wanted to write a reflection a year since starting my PhD journey, but alas the beginning of October didn’t feel like the right time. Now feels like the right time. There are several strands to this braided journey that I have visualised inContinue reading “That time of year”
Winter Solstice, Winter Solace
To mark Winter Solstice is to be thankful for the light returning, celebrate the deep midwinter and connect with our ever-cycling seasons. We may feel held in place, a sort-of-static in the pandemic, but the natural wheel-of-the-year keeps turning. The Oak King triumphs over the Holly King as the light returns once more in theirContinue reading “Winter Solstice, Winter Solace”
Wabi-sabi
I came across the Japanese philsophy of wabi-sabi a while back now. You can distill into 3 simple words: impermanent, imperfect and incomplete. Wabi-sabi philosophy values the process and the journey rather than some end-point or goal. Are there actually any endings or just constant becomings? Having a vision to move towards is a usefulContinue reading “Wabi-sabi”
Dandelion dreams
Dandelions are beautiful and they are the first food for the bees. Their bright yellow flowers are a welcome burst of colour after the winter and early spring. The flowers are followed by heads of fairy-like floaty seeds, which create a sphere of softness and potential. My friend recently compared creating a PhD to aContinue reading “Dandelion dreams”
Blue for bluebells
Starting our walk with Nova, the collie-dog, we turned out of our gate and on to the lane to be met with faded, dying bluebells. Not the “oh the bluebells are finished”-type dying, rather the dried-out, dehydrated-type dying. We haven’t had proper Cumbrian rain for over 8 weeks now. Maybe the shallower soil and moreContinue reading “Blue for bluebells”
Viral commonality
This situation we find ourselves in is effecting everyone in multiple, multifaceted, good, bad, in-between and unknown ways. Everyone reacts within their own context of course or is maybe forced into certain ways by systemic controls. Any which way we are generally reacting to this situation not to just protect ourselves and our own, butContinue reading “Viral commonality”
Becoming in Common 