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Living a gentle life

The luxury of losing ourselves in the minutiae of life
and finding peace by plodding along the fern lined paths of Ilkley Moor under an expansive Yorkshire sky
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Harriet Mason
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A gentle leap into June
On how a gentle reinvention feels a week in, plus saunas on the prom, swims in the sea and sharpening the pencils for this writing life
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A change is a gonna come...
and it comes with a whole range of feelings.
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Plenty to be going on with…
Easter Sunday was a loose-limbed kind of day without a definitive start, end or purpose, a bit like last week's writing, just plenty of sitting and…
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'It's brassic, but felt amazing afterwards'*
Why on earth is this landlubber contemplating dips in the river, Googling outdoor swimming kit and buying tickets for moonlight swims in the lido?
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Why I started following The Artist's Way
I wrote this back in March 2022 and it still rings true.
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Can I hold that for you?
Hello, how are you?
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Dear January, you're alright you know
It’s not easy being the one to gently take us by the hand and lead us from one year into the next. I figure it's time we gave you, and us, a break.
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How do you want to feel in 2025?
Same same but different is the phrase that springs to my mind. Words borrowed from a tapas bar in Bath that feel bang on for the first week of this…
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Are we nearly there yet?
In search of comfort, joy and a little silence...
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Sliding into the end of the year, slowly
Whilst remembering to keep a cool head and warm heart.
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Yours in companionable silence
Other than the sound of my hand moving the pencil across the page.
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