Journal Musings

We are on the fourth week of Lock Down and I’ve been going through a range of different emotions this month – one being guilt. I’ve been feeling guilty that I have a garden while other people are living in high rise flats in cities. In normal circumstances I would feel happy that I have a garden, but when I see people stuck inside with children during this crisis, I must admit I have felt quite guilty. It’s not my place to feel guilty. It’s interesting because those in flats

At school I would wish so hard that we would run out of time and the lesson would end so I wouldn’t have to read out loud. I thought about this today as I was driving to The Kitchen at The Wharf in Langport –  my hosting venue for Somerset Art Weeks. As a child I was SO scared of speaking out loud. Reading in class, or heaven help me – public speaking! Reading in class was a real issue for me. I still don’t like reading out other people’s words in case I mess up. I used to si

I’m a little late in writing a new blog post. I was suddenly aware it is nearly mid summer, and realised I haven’t written since the trip to France. Rather than panicking about it, I noticed that I have actually given up worrying about time. People inevitably exclaim,’Where has the time gone? Is it mid-summer already? It will soon be Christmas!’ We are normally sent into a panic when this happens. Time moves at the same rate. We just perceive it differently. As children, term