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Category: Inner-Strength

How People Cope

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

People are finding words to talk about the war. “Those poor people,” being the three most common words used. Those poor people are so nearby. Those poor people are our near neighbours. Those poor people are two and a half hours away by plane. They could be us. We might be them. Ubuntu: An African … Continue reading How People Cope

Keeping The Dream Alive

December 6, 2021May 24, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 6 Comments

There is a whole lot of baloney talked about how failure is the new success, and, as far as I can make out, the only people who spout it are those who succeed in the end: the ‘it makes me stronger, wiser, more determined’ brigade. The learning that comes from failure is lauded as something … Continue reading Keeping The Dream Alive

Destroyed but Not Defeated

September 9, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

Over four nights, I read The Old Man and The Sea to the two brothers, twenty-five pages before they went to bed. I did wonder at their eyes staring into corners of the room, seeming to follow spiders, or shadows, sometimes a hand reaching absently for another Ginger Snap. Were they listening at all, or were they … Continue reading Destroyed but Not Defeated

Overcoming Writer’s Block: Four Steps

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

Step 1: Have a cup of tea and two slices of malted sourdough with crunchy peanut butter (not too much, pretend there are only scrapings left in the jar) and thinly sliced banana. I will eat and drink slowly whilst chewing my food for longer than seems necessary, for this not benefits not only my … Continue reading Overcoming Writer’s Block: Four Steps

A Year of Consolation

March 23, 2021April 11, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 5 Comments

Small consolations. That’s what the last year has been full of. We are told to observe them, to remember that life is made up of them, a series of tiny moments, most of which we dismiss as inconsequential. Yet the more we take notice of the small consolations, the more apparent it is that they … Continue reading A Year of Consolation

Navigating the Doldrums

November 21, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

British yachtsman, Alex Thomson, is currently competing in the Vendée-Globe; a round-the-world, single-handed sailing race. It should take him around ten to eleven weeks to complete it. I heard him interviewed on the radio one morning this week, just nine days in. I shivered with horror as I lay in bed calculating how many days … Continue reading Navigating the Doldrums

Let Evening Come

May 27, 2020May 24, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

My favourite time of the day has come to be the evening.  A fluttering restlessness builds within me and I have to leave the house, take a walk out.  Lately I’ve been scheduling my walk to get to my destination on high in time to see the sunset sky burn, then I watch it turn … Continue reading Let Evening Come

The Calamity Lesson

May 12, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

I wish it wasn’t true, but there is no teacher like adversity.  And the lessons that come from sudden calamity are often the ones that teach us the most.  The learning is far from over, because our shadowy visitor hasn’t just dropped in for the weekend, it has yet more to impart.  It is not … Continue reading The Calamity Lesson

Begin Again

April 29, 2020May 28, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

There is no more beautiful time of year than spring, when nature is transfused, resuscitated from what, for so long, looked shrivelled and dead.  And we get a shot of energy too at this time of year; we are renewed and ready to go.  The turn of the year is familiar and comforting and it … Continue reading Begin Again

For We Ha’e Faith

April 10, 2020April 14, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 4 Comments

On the days when the batteries in my legs have run low, or when I know it is going to be a particularly beautiful evening, I save my daily walk until late in the day and venture out for a shorter stroll up Calton Hill. It is a still night.  Cawing seagulls, a waspish buzz … Continue reading For We Ha’e Faith

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