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Tag: Brexit

On not tweeting: Open letter to Twitter

And what will I miss? Her cruelty, her unfaithfulness Her fun, her love, her kiss, part company The Go-Betweens, Part … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Brexit, Distraction, Leaving Twitter, Mental Health, mindfulness, Presence, Social Media, Social Media Addiction, Trump, Twitter

The Year of Living Deeply 18: Thinking of Nick

This is the time of year when I traditionally think of Nick. Nick lived with us in our house in … More

Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Brexit, Creativity, Friendship, Male Friendship, mindfulness, Presence, Star 6 & 7 8 9, The Orb

The Year of Living Deeply 19: Open letter _ A week with Mark Hollis

Dear Mark I am sorry it has taken so long to getting round to writing to you, not least because … More

Being a Writer, Being Creative, Brexit, Creativity, Mark Hollis, mindfulness, Music, Presence, Talk Talk

Weather vs climate (LentBlog38)

The main difference between weather and climate is the timescale that they each refer to. Weather describes the conditions of the … More

Austerity, Brexit, Climate Change, Climate Change Anxiety, Climate Change Grief, Cyclone Idai, ERG, Facebook, Jeremy Corbyn, politics, Theresa May

On Diane Abbott and Assange -Meditation on a line by Anne Lamott (LentBlog37)

  There’s an old Mel Brooks routine where the psychiatrist tells his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli … More

Anne Lamott, anti-Semitism, Assange, Bird by Bird, Brexit, Chelsea Football Club, Climate Change, Climate Change Grief, Diane Abbott, Julian Assange, Labour, politics, Racism

The recess (LentBlog35)

As we get to the business end of Lent, in the week the church still names Holy, I have been … More

Brexit, Climate Change, Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Life Lessons, mindfulness, politics, Prayer, Presence, Silence, Solitude

From Brussels With Love (LentBlog32)

Well, by tomorrow night, we might be out. Crashed out with no deal or sailing into a bright future presaged … More

Brexit, Brian Eno, Creativity, Education, From Brussels With Love, Harold Budd, Listening to Music, Music, politics, Richard Jobson, The Durutti Column

My Brexit week off (LentBlog25)

  I’ll admit it straight away: I didn’t last the whole week. Sometime on Friday evening I switched the radio … More

Being a Poet, Brexit, Climate Change, Life Lessons, Mark Hollis, mindfulness, New Grass, politics, Presence, Talk Talk, The Durutti Column

Doing a Likely Lads (LentBlog19)

Lying awake last night wondering what had become of Theresa May’s deal in Parliament it suddenly occurred to me that … More

Brexit, Likely Lads, mindfulness, politics, Presence, Raymond Carver, Shawna Lemay, Social Media, The Blue Nile, Theresa May

A week off (LentBlog18)

I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More

Brexit, Creativity, Life Lessons, mindfulness, People’s Vote March, politics, Presence, Silence, Solitude

#PutItToThePeopleMarch (LentBlogs17)

I saw: old hippies, new hippies, punks, preppies, grandmothers, babes in arms, parents, wrinklies, men in tweeds, trombonists, anarchists, Star … More

Brexit, People’s Vote, People’s Vote March, politics, Second Referendum

Why I can’t vote Labour at the next election (LentBlog12)

I never wanted to have to say this. I never imagined I would. But I have finally lost the plot … More

anti-Semitism, Ben Bradshaw, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour, Life Lessons, People’s Vote, politics

Portrait (LentBlog7)

I am half way down the path with a recycling bin, a podcast playing on my phone in my pocket, … More

Being Creative, Brexit, Creativity, Flash Fiction, Instagram, Life Lessons, Presence, Social Media

The Year of Living Deeply 8: Doing One Thing

I am really bad at doing one thing. If I am chopping an onion, I am listening to the radio. … More

Brexit, Cancer, Fighting Cancer, Lymphoma, mindfulness, Nick Boles, Nick Robinson, politics, Presence, Remission

Blue: What 2018 has taught me

‘What have you learned, do you think?’ the book says. ‘Do you mind, I’m trying to have a bath!’ ‘Now … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Blue, Brexit, Creativity, Five Live, Jo Strummer, Joni Mitchell, Life Lessons, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Silence, Social Media, Solitude, The Book, The Clash, Trump, Withnail and I, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

The Year of of Living Deeply

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#MeToo, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Brexit, Corbyn, David Cain, Deborah Alma, Fomo, Life Lessons, mindfulness, Pica Pica, Presence, Raptitude, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Shawna Lemay, Slowing Down, Transactions With Beauty, Trump, Trusting in the Process

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