Tag: balance
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Sharing Territory
When I was on Raasay in October I had a couple of close-ish encounters with a sea eagle. We passed each other crossing the island a few times and I was able to stop right on the road, get out and watch her flight with an entire island lying at my feet and no traffic…
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52and40/40 No Brief Candle
Burning out and burning bright, my family’s in a Change Rocket, hurtling through spacetime, much outside too blurred to see. I’ve known for years that when the kids started talking futures I’d have to already be in my next chapter, lest I helicopter-parent or self-destruct. I’ve also seen as the kids mature they need, more than…
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52and40/29 Realignment
I’ve been waking for weeks feeling badly misaligned. We had builders in, next door have builders in, two houses adjacent had builders in. With all the banging, shouting and stress there’s been little chance for creativity; each time I transported to inner space interruptions brought me clattering back. In parallel, feeling predated a notch too…
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