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Climbing Trees
Never lose your childhood enthusiasm – isn’t that how the saying goes?
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Jocelyn Yeoman
The Pause
Have you ever watched a cat before it pounces? First there’s the stealthy crawl, the butt wriggle, and then they pause before launching.
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Step three – Get it out!
Our white furry children have distraction down to an art form. You’ll be busy doing something and they’ll arrive, demanding to be groomed, patted, or…
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Something Scary
All it takes is a moment of inattention, a slight deviation from the norm, and everything can change instantly.
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August 2024

Step two - Gratitude and Kindness
Enough already, I hear you say. You covered this already!
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Among the Weeds
Bumble bees. Hordes of humble bumbles buzzed from one golden dandelion flower to the next, blissfully unaware of the impending carnage coming their way.
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Ultimate Battle
I’m writing the final battle scene in my current sci-fi/fantasy novel and while it’s tricky, it’s not half as complex as the battle I waged on myself…
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Brain Beautiful
Locked in. Trapped in a box, spiders and shadows for friends and having deep conversations with both.
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Silence is Golden
Wind chimes singing. Birds chirping. The rustle of leaves in the trees. A fly buzzing by. Distant road noise and a farm tractor.
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Body beautiful
How many of us have shied away from living our fullest lives, from activities, people, the beach etc., due to the way we see our body?
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Energy vampires
I had the life sucked out of me at a meeting. Everyone wanted a piece of me and by the time I returned to my haven, I’d been disassembled, each piece…
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July 2024

Hermits
It was a rare occasion; a friend came to dinner.
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