ByRobyn Harris
We brought our precious girl home with us again and put her in a box with a couple of her blankets and some toys until the next day when Tim made her a lovely wooden coffin and dug a grave for her by her favourite sunny step where she used to sit on summer evenings…
ByGiora Carmi
The lines say don’t Please do not come here We will fight against you The wine says full Says wet Says heavy The green says upward Home and trees The white says open Free and fly All things are watching me But the bird is eying endlessness With no intention. I used to…
ByRobyn Harris
Over the last couple of months, I had noticed that Kali seemed to suddenly appear much older. Last summer she’d had a burst of new energy and had regularly gone out hunting on the land around our house. She was much too successful for my liking, but it was heartening to see that she was…
ByGiora Carmi
As it happened to me many times before, I was planning to paint big parts of the picture and use a few different colors to help identify different entities or things that happen in the picture.Still with the same intention, it came to me to jump to a different portion of the drawing, near what…
ByRobyn Harris
I chatted with Kali about how I was feeling, asking her forgiveness for the times when I was sad and worried about losing her. Doing this helped me to realise that feeling upset was only serving to rob me of the gift of this time together and so, for the most part, I was able…
ByGiora Carmi
It is hard to not be able to sleep because of constant pain. It is even harder when the pain keeps coming in waves. You may wonder what is it. It is possible to see it as strong movements of energy through places in my legs that refuse to let the energy pass. It is…
ByRobyn Harris
Kali loved to spend time outdoors, either exploring or sitting in the sunshine and enjoying its warmth. During the winter she didn’t go out as much, as she hated the cold, and instead enjoyed the odd game of chase to keep up her hunting skills. She loved to be up at a height where she…
ByClare Watkinson
Dearest Clare Who Doubts, I know, with all my heart, how very hard this is right now; how tempted you are to give up, and how loud the voices of doubt. I know how very real the imagined corpse of your future seems – pale and bloated with inadequacy in the gully below – and…
ByGiora Carmi
I felt I needed to take some distance from the blog and from continuously describing my experiences, so that I could walk my path for a while without the notion of communicating what I go through.I see now that it was helpful. There was an anger that wanted to come out. It is hard to…
ByCatherine Green
Navigating life beyond lockdown, mental illness and building a career while coping with a chronic pain disorder. Unlocking I feel like I am finding myself again after a very long lockdown. For me it goes way beyond the pandemic. For the past ten years I have put the needs of my extended family before my…
ByGiora Carmi
With all his knots he found himself flying above the landscape He was a line who wanted to flow in curves he was a thought that wanted to open up to thoughtlessness Then, a feeling in the middle of the body turned into a mountain range with trees And emptiness as it has always done…
ByRobyn Harris
So, my vision: I would love this to be a time that we can look back on and recognise as a major turning point in our lives. A time when we: went within and rediscovered ourselves and our values learnt how to ‘lean into’ these and to follow the deepest guidance of our hearts learnt…