Being Queen is a lonely thing…. I visited my bees on Sunday and they’re all doing well. I have currently three colonies: one hive that is quite populous, one that is less so and one that is tiny. The tiny one is one I created about three weeks ago when faced with the hard [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Being Queen is lonely
Posted in Articles, Magic and mystery, Parables: tales with a purpose, Wild Life, tagged beekeeping, bees, being kind, creative writing, dreams, healing words, honey, kindness, kindness of strangers, life, meditation, nature, personal, psychology, Queen Bees, random, self-development, spirituality, thoughts, wildlife, writing on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
English summer
Posted in Poetry, Wild Life, tagged creative writing, English summer, heat, heatwave, nature, nature poetry, photos, poems, Poetry, sleep, summer, summer poems, summer poetry, summer weather, Sussex, the country bakes, travel, Viv's poetry, wildlife, writing on June 29, 2010 | 18 Comments »
English summer The roads weep tears of tar As the country bakes. The smell of dust and burning earth Mingles with the scents Of barbecues and beer. Dogs pant, distressed By this unusual heat. The puddles that once Were inland lakes, shrink, Dry up and vanish, Leaving cracking mud Peppered with footprints. A few [...]
Orange Meditation
Posted in Articles, Depression and Anxiety, Meditation, spirituality, tagged anxiety, aromatherapy, books about meditation, creative writing, depression, fragrant meditation, guided meditations, healing words, meditation, mental health, oranges, pain, peace, personal, psychology, random, self-development, spirituality, the power of fragrance, thoughts, writing on June 21, 2010 | 20 Comments »
This is a sample of a book I have been messing about with writing. What do you think and should I carry on and write the whole thing? Chapter Four Meditation One Orange Background To a modern person there is nothing terribly exciting about an orange but historically, for everyone but [...]
Summer came quickly
Posted in Poetry, Wild Life, tagged creative writing, English countryside, healing words, life, nature, nature poetry, personal, photography, photos, poems, Poetry, Silbury Hill, summer poems, summer poetry, Viv's poetry, wildlife, writing on June 18, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Summer came quickly Summer came quickly this year, Scarce a breath between Daffodils and blooming may; Blackthorn and whitethorn Overlapped in flowering bliss. Leaf buds unfurled so fast I could not map their progress, Leaping from tight knots To silken green in moments. The general rumble of rooks Minding their business in treetops Passed [...]
Swallows Wings and Sparrows Falling
Posted in Articles, Depression and Anxiety, spirituality, tagged anxiety, beauty, being different, being sensitive, birds, birds and spirituality, creative writing, depression, dreams, exploring beauty, faith, God, healing words, life, mental health, pain, peace, personal, psychology, random, seeing beauty, self-development, spirituality, the over-sensitive soul, thoughts, women's issues, writing on June 16, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Swallows wings and sparrows falling: a little of what goes on in the psyche of an over-sensitive soul. I was walking along the road, heading off to the post office with a small parcel to send to my father, when I noticed the swallows over head. To me there is something about the [...]
Was I God’s photographer?
Posted in Articles, Magic and mystery, spirituality, Traveler's tales, tagged Christianity, church, Churches Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies, faith, God, God's photograph, healing, healing images, healing words, inspiration, Jesus Christ, Julian Drewett, life, meditation, Neil Broadbent, paraeidolia, personal, photography, photos, pictures, religion, Sozein Trust, spirituality, unexplained phenomena, when God blessed me on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My reflections on THAT photograph. It’s been a little over a week since I saw the image for the first time and a week since I posted the picture here and I have had a lot of time to think. I’ve thought about the responses of all those who have seen it and commented on it(either [...]



