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Anyone who clicked the Grow Your Own Gorgeousness link in the least few days will have noticed that it has been made private. This is for unforeseen and complex reasons but should my review of the book have tickled your fancy, please get in touch with me privately and I can make sure you have [...]

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This one is for Shafali….I dreamed about mountains the other night and it made me remember this poem; Mind Mountains I can see mountains Beyond the distant trees: Monumental alps Snow-capped and stark. Twig and branch And budding leaf Obscure my view, Soften and distort it. The spring wind blows And my mountains Scud along [...]

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I’ve been working very hard the last few weeks, teaching and touring with my students and I’d forgotten  quite how exhausting I find it and how much it takes out of me. While I haven’t taught all day every day, I usually come home and the first thing I have to do is prepare the [...]

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I was deeply touched to read the following review by Fibi:   http://searchforwisdom.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/my-heart-is-breaking/ Thank you so very much!

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I have contributed a guest post about the creative life over at Journey of Life found at the link below: http://controlyourdestiny.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/when-the-wells-run-dry/ I’m rather proud of this one so please go and read and comment too. I hope it helps explain the hiatuses in the life of a creative soul and perhaps some clues about the whys.

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 ..from the Aromatic meditations book in preparation..  Chapter Five   Meditation One  Sandalwood.  Background:  Sandalwood is obtained as you might guess from the wood of an exotic tree. Most sandalwood plantations are in India, though some colonies have been planted in Australia. The wood has been used for statues, beads and incense for thousands of [...]

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Like any big city, Paris has its fair share of beggars and con artists. I find it obscene that any city in the prosperous West can allow such extreme poverty as I have seen. Paris is no worse than any but I shall never forget walking along the glittering Champs Elysee a few years ago, [...]

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Under this arch, a young man played the flute so hauntingly I dug out my purse and put a few euros in his hat… It’s astounding the detail you miss by just marching on, eyes ahead. Parisians were ambivalent about the Pyramids but seem to be happy with them now. But then Napoleon had a [...]

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In response to Shafali’s Caricature carnival over at http://shafali.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/announcement-story-in-the-caricature-a-story-writing-blog-carnival/ I have created a little tale….. Maude paused, wiping the sweat from her forehead, her brightly coloured beaded earrrings jingling wildly. She leaned on her spade and smiled with satisfaction. “You’ll never make a decent gardener if you don’t put in the spade work,” he’d said, his red [...]

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