What brings you peace? What is true peace? Not the type of peace attained By placating, eating, or addiction Dulling the senses in senseless ways. These to me are fleeting states. What brings me peace Lies within Grace Good relationships with those I love, Those in my Community, with the Earth and God above. If … Continue reading What Brings Me Peace
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Flying as an Autistic Person Part 1
Dear Readers, Today’s post is going to be about flying as an autistic adult. And specifically long distance flying. I have had to do a few long distance flights this year. So I thought that I would document what it is like flying as an autistic person and some of the challenges and solutions that … Continue reading Flying as an Autistic Person Part 1
Some things that fill me with joy.
Walking, seeing the billowing clouds marching across the landscape, Sun on my back Birds in the hedge Butterflies flitting from flower to flower Rose-hips rusty red mixed with thistles lilac and prickly River glistening the ripples in the sun Gusty wind tugging at the leaves Breathing deeply as I walk fast Thinking, mind wandering over … Continue reading Some things that fill me with joy.
Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? What traditions have you not kept that your parents had. I had to think about this one: my parents were quite a nontraditional couple, my father was from Scotland and my mother was of Scandinavian, Dutch, Prussian, French and English descent. We lived in a … Continue reading Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
Home Renovation in Walkerburn (Part 1)
Home Renovation in Walkerburn Here is our first short post to keep all my followers up to date with what is happening in Walkerburn. When we bought the house we knew that we would want to make some changes before we moved in. Renovations are challenging but we are up for the challenge. As we … Continue reading Home Renovation in Walkerburn (Part 1)
Soul Poem: Why – to breathe is a luxury
Explanation: I am currently following a 5 day writing challenge and this was part of two exercises. Recently I saw some images on the news which upset me. In my exercises I was presented Rumi’s poem: Some kiss we want and Camille T. Dangy’s poem Characteristics of life and then I wrote this response to … Continue reading Soul Poem: Why – to breathe is a luxury
Response to prompt: Describing myself.
How would you describe yourself to someone? Well without going into race, culture, ethnicity, and religion, without going into professions, abilities and training, and without going into what I look like: just who am I? If an archeologist dug me up in the far reaching future they would find a pile of bones along with … Continue reading Response to prompt: Describing myself.
Prompt: strategies I use for maintaining my health and well-being
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? This is a very interesting question for me at this point in my life. When I wrote about Weight Matters and all I did to gain a healthier weight for health reasons my aim was to eat whole food and "clean food." I was … Continue reading Prompt: strategies I use for maintaining my health and well-being
Salty’s Journey
I thought as I mentioned Salty in my last post I would share a post Ellie, my daughter wrote a year ago when Salty trans-located. Just to add that we knew her to be quite an anxious cat with a very feisty nature when she came to live with us. We got bitten and scratched … Continue reading Salty’s Journey
Answering the prompt about future travel plans.
What are your future travel plans? Of course we would like to travel in the future, as you know from recent posts I find travel interesting, inspiring, stimulating. I learn a lot about different cultures and I connect with people from all over but you might also have worked out that in one year we … Continue reading Answering the prompt about future travel plans.
Morag Noffke 