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)
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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
Traveling in Portugal: Beach day, Praia da Princesa
6th June, Beach day: Praia da Princesa Best beach Best people Refreshing water Long stretching sands Warm sun Fun Laughter Building bonds Supporting acceptance Warm feelings In the moment Stop Relax Unwind My happy day Lunch at Praia da Princesa I was keen to try the local cuisine while we were in Portugal and wanted … Continue reading Traveling in Portugal: Beach day, Praia da Princesa
Being together in Portugal
My third memory of Portugal At the end of our second day in Portugal, after we were taken to Monte da Largo I found myself happily swimming in a pool with some ladies I had not met before. During the week we joked and laughed and shared our life stories with each other; people we … Continue reading Being together in Portugal
We walked in the wind – Soul poem
I write poetry which I call soul poems because I don’t follow any poetry rules. I just follow my heart and say what’s immediately felt or experienced or perceived. Often it is about a life experience which I have grappled with and other times its just a reflection of the world around me. I want … Continue reading We walked in the wind – Soul poem
Traveling to Portugal
Why we went to Portugal “Are you going to the school class reunion?” Gee asked, two expectant eyes looking back at us as we sat in Nando’s, a Portuguese style restaurant just outside Edinburgh, last November. “No” said Derek, “I know nothing about it.” “Oh” Gee said, “wives are included in the invite.” We had … Continue reading Traveling to Portugal
Autistic Burnout/Fatigue
I would like to take the opportunity to share this post with you, written by my daughter, Ellie. I think it is an area a lot of us know little about and hopefully we can learn more about neuro divergent people's struggles. Being vulnerable to depression and burnout is a hard thing to cope with. … Continue reading Autistic Burnout/Fatigue
Morag Noffke 