Reflections of a Sussex Girl in the Peak District.
She's here! Well very nearly. We could do with a little more sunshine to be really sure that she has arrived, but there are plenty of other signs to let us know that 'spring' is on her way. The snowdrops have sadly finished and are hanging their weary heads low, they have been so pretty…
He's growing tired, and soon 'Old man Winter" will hang up his cap....
What fills you with hope as you go through your day? I know for me it's often a beautiful, unexpected flower, an awe inspiring sunset or rainbow, or a flock of birds flying across a clear blue sky. For the Emily Dickinson lovers among us we would have read that 'Hope is the thing…
Don't you think that more often than not it is the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure. They may not be the most exciting, adrenaline rushing, post a picture on facebook type moments, but they are the moments that make our day to day life just that extra bit special. Yesterday I…
How do you feel when you see a rainbow? Does it remind you of Gods Promise to Noah in the Bible? the pot of gold at the end? or like me does it just fill you with awe and a renewed sense of hope. I have been amazed at the sheer splendour of the rainbows…
Love Alison x
'What are we human beings without hope'? (The Moon Sister by Lucinda Reilly) I have always loved this poem by Emily Dickinson. I don't know when I first read it but it comes into my mind so often at times of difficulty, and I know it inspired me when writing my own 'hopeful poetry'.…
Through rose tinted glasses. 