Yearly Archives: 2023

• With My Camera Phone

  Posted on October 21, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  If only my photo could convey – the sound of my boots brushing the grass, the slosh of tea in my flask, birdsong, the sound of my heart beating in my ears after the last steep push to the top, the breeze pushing its way through the Scots pines reminiscent of surf, stillness, the warmth […]

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• Change

  Posted on September 29, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  So, September arrived didn’t it? Those misty, dewy mornings. Those statement dawns, red and fiery. They have always been there through the year of course but their timing starts to coincide with me getting up, so I see them out of my open landing window. They catch my breath and I pause to take it […]

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• A Woman, A Tent & Her Bike

  Posted on August 20, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  Here I am at the Welsh/English Border at Knighton in Shropshire. There is blue sky, green fields and the mewing of a bird of prey. The water is starting to boil in the camp kettle and the teabag is waiting in the cup. I am blissfully alone for a couple of days so there is […]

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• A Trip To The Seaside

  Posted on July 22, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  What a relief when I get in the car and shut the door. The wind noise instantly falls and the constant buffering ceases. I don’t realise the muscles in my face are bunched around my eyes until I can finally relax them. The car feels very contained, almost claustrophobic. My subtler senses are turned up, […]

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• (Don’t) Cry Over Spilt Paint

  Posted on June 19, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  After a full day cleaning and painting on a project on one of those hot June days, I arrived home and opened the car door to find that half a 2 litre tin of emulsion had spilled onto the back seat. It had spread over two seats, oozed between them, into the seatbelt mechanism and […]

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• Giving Up

  Posted on May 20, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  Somebody sent me a great meme: “Beyond excited to announce that I’m giving up! I’m so grateful for this opportunity and can’t wait to see where this decision takes me.” Indeed, giving up can feel so good!I want to give up people pleasing and do what makes me healthy instead. I want to give up […]

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• Rebuilding

  Posted on April 11, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  Ypres has a bit of toy town about it. After being completely flattened apart from a dozen or so buildings in WW1 it was rebuilt through the twenties onwards. It has that reclaimed look – reused bricks, fresh mortar. Old building materials but youthful building work. Perfect corners, perfect mortar, perfectly replicated. It determinedly recaptures […]

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• Community

  Posted on March 2, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  You may be surprised at who else is awake at 4am. You may not know why you are awake, you just are. If you have already been asleep but from this point onwards you can’t get back to sleep it even has a name, terminal insomnia. There are plenty of reasons why we wake: a […]

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• Invincible

  Posted on January 16, 2023 by Angela Johns in Blog.

  There’s nothing that feels quite as invincible as wearing wellies. I can stride out with confidence through mud sloshy or sticky, through puddles flat or deep. It won’t matter, I won’t get wet. Teamed with a quality pair of socks there’s not much to hold me back. I can get stuck in down the allotment […]

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