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Boxes, boxes, boxes...

Boxes, boxes, boxes…

Boxes have been a source of fascination for me recently. They represent so many things: they contain they hide they reveal they are shiny objects if you are inside you want to get out of the box if you are outside you want to get in Look inside yourself and find out what is hidden from the view of others Look outside of yourself and discover what your box is keeping you away from.

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

It’s nearly Autumn in the UK and it makes me think of the phrase from John Keats’ poem, To Autumn, 1820: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and…

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#change #life #seasons

New website

It was all my fault! I decided it might be a good idea to change my website hosting provider. Then I realised the truth of the saying ‘better the devil you know…!’ when I discovered that the ‘new’ provider didn’t work quite the way I was used to. Unfortunately, the whole process meant that everything was deleted from the site so I’m starting again. However, luckily, my site,…

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Quotes from Pills and Pillboxes

7 quotes from Pills and Pillboxes

‘But I don’t want to be forced into a shotgun wedding with you, or anyone else.’ In his heart of hearts, David knew he had made a big mistake.

‘Well, if Mr Hitler decided a way into our country was from the beaches of Cornwall we could be invaded and there’d be a battle down here too. We’re keeping watch in case of enemy invasion from the sea onto the beach…

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Strawberries are like books.

Fresh strawberries from my garden!

I picked a big bowl of strawberries yesterday. It was the longest day but too cloudy to see the strawberry full moon last night.

As well as picking and eating strawberries I enjoy metaphors and so I got to think that strawberries are like books: some are fully ripe and sweet and just what I’m looking for, others look good but turn out to be without much…

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#books #metaphor

Pills and Pillboxes

The ‘last straw’ happened when Mary discovered she was pregnant.

‘I’m not ready to start a family. We’re too young. Mary, I’ll pay for you to get rid of it.’

Although he had very little money at the time David offered to pay for her to have an abortion. ‘I know a colleague who does them cleanly, discreetly and quickly, rather than you going to someone who doesn’t know the cervix from the back end…

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#books #Cornwall #doctors lifestyle #Pills and Pillboxes

Creativity challenges

Creativity and the light bulb moment

Being creative means you are thinking ‘outside of the box.’ You are attempting to come up with ideas and information outside people’s normal experience in certain situations. You are attempting to produce something innovative and as a result, you are very likely to receive criticism. People like to recognise what you are doing and so are nervous of new ways…

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#books #creativity

Pillboxes on the Cornish cliffs

Hidden pillboxes on the Cornish cliffs

Did you know that all along these rugged Cornish cliffs are hidden concrete structures known as pillboxes, because of their shape? They were built as look-out posts during the second world war. Soldiers watched for a possible invasion from the sea. Nowadays they are overgrown and somewhat forbidding and I would prefer not to go inside them. Many of them…

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#Cornwall #doctors #Falklands #pillboxes #Pills and Pillboxes

Life is like an unfinished jigsaw

Is your life like an unfinished jigsaw puzzle, with lots of pieces which should fit together, but you struggle to find out how?Perhaps you, like me, have lots of different projects on the go and are never able to follow the maxim of ‘do one thing at a time’.

Perhaps being able to do one thing at a time or multi-tasking is to do with innate personality. Is it nature or nurture?

Maybe for me…

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Is there a novel inside you?

I’ve had several novels in my head and on my computer for years. My New Year resolution is to get them ‘out there’ and publish them.

It’s January and the novel: ‘Pills and Pillboxes’ is now available.

It’s a family saga and is set in Cornwall and Falklands (and a bit in Birmingham).

David spends his childhood during the war as an evacuee in Cornwall. Afterwards he lives with his Uncle, a GP in…

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#books #Cornwall #Falklands #novel #Pills and Pillboxes

Balance and how to have it....

Balance and how to have it….

BALANCE

B is for beliefs

What’s stopping you making changes in areas of your life which aren’t working as you would like?

Your ingrained beliefs about the way things are and the way life works are very powerful in whether you get things done or make changes. These beliefs seem to be absolutely true and unchangeable don’t they?

Often they are not. Ask yourself about each reason you give: who…

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