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Photo on BBC Midlands Today

It’s been an interesting few days since the start of the New Year. We’ve had several problems with our phone line. Voice calls haven’t been possible, nor have we had access to the Internet. It’s always interesting having to adjust to a different way of working, and it was easier than I thought, although it highlighted how much we use the Internet these days.

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Bird Chorus

A calm, warm day, which is a bit of a luxury after all the storms we’ve had recently. It must be why all the birds are singing. (Turn your volume …

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Every Drop Counts

It seems my mindful moments at present are dominated by water, but the weather is rather wet, and has been for some time. Instead of watching huge volumes of water …

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Floating on Air

A mindful moment? It was as I imagined what it would be like to be that ball, suspended in midair, albeit by a powerful jet of air!  

Ragdon Lane Raindrops

Finding a little mindfulness today wasn’t particularly easy, because it is still raining. That’s when I saw them: the raindrops plummeting into a muddy puddle and creating expanding circular ripples, …

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Head in the Clouds

Today marked the first ascension of Ragleth Hill (it’s not particularly high, but it’s my local hill) in 2016. Sadly, the cloud was low, curtailing the view somewhat, but it …

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Flowing Water

I took pleasure from the sounds of the babbling stream, and the patterns of white water created by the stones on the stream’s bed, in this moment of mindfulness.

But I’m Not Deaf!

Look out for my short story But I’m Not Deaf!, out now in the February issue of Take a Break’s Fiction Feast magazine. It begins with the words Rampant sex, but …

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The New Year Business Review

What should writers be doing as the year comes to a close? Download The New Year Business Review to find out. The Business Review