Hello, This month we're thinking about simple pleasures. Over the last eighteen months, we've probably all...
Celebrating simple pleasures
Drink up! Why water is good for you.
Hello, How are you? Welcome to the first of our new series of shorter posts featuring ideas for making life a little bit better. Today we're starting with something very simple - drinking more water! The composition of our bodies is 60% water and we all probably know by now that drinking enough of it…
Familiar, yet strangely new
Hello, First of all, a big thank you to The Patternistas for the wonderful image which tops today's post. It's been appearing on billboards and poster sites locally to cheer us up. Does life feel 'familiar, yet strangely new' where you are? It was how Ian Skelly, who presents on Radio 3 in the UK, described being…
Small steps
Hello, Since we started planning today's post, the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic has been developing apace and many of us are facing unprecedented changes to our day to day lives. There are so many inspiring stories of the ways people are connecting in spite of restrictions on our movement and it seems appropriate…
Lavender Lemonade
Dear Claire, I hope you’ve had a very happy summer. It’s flown by here, and I’m not quite sure I’m ready for it to be September! So in the hopes of stretching out those balmy days just a little longer, I thought I’d share this recipe for lavender lemonade. One of my favorite experiences…
