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May 2022
The power of waiting
It’s something I’ve learned as I get older – sometimes you just have to wait. I’ve noticed it as a writer. Sometimes ideas need to bumble around in the…
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Charlotta Buxton
The joy of heavy lifting
Hello. A couple of days ago four large bags of rocks and sand and three pallets with reclaimed bricks arrived on a big lorry and were gently lowered…
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Charlotta Buxton
On Iona
On the white sandy beach on Iona I sat with my sleeping son on my lap and the earth hummed beneath us. This was an ancient place, this was a sacred…
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Charlotta Buxton
April 2022
Falling into a vortex
Hello! We’re going away, away, away to Scotland. I hope to write some more about that when we get there – but tomorrow we are on the road, so I’ve…
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Charlotta Buxton
I began to dream again of distant travels
Hello everyone, Today I simply want share a quote from a book I’m reading at the moment. It’s a book with some flaws, but also some big…
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Charlotta Buxton
The other side
After ten days I tested negative. The brain-fog lasted for a few days after that, my thoughts felt slow and sticky and it took me a long time to write…
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Charlotta Buxton
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March 2022
Covid insights
Hello my dear friends, We have Covid. The storm that’s been raging out there, that we’ve spent two years trying to keep out, finally blew down the door…
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Charlotta Buxton
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Big moments flitting by
It’s been a busy week. A week of big moments, perhaps bigger than I now realise. It’s been a bit like sitting on a train looking out the window. It’s…
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Charlotta Buxton
The memory of years
I have spent the last few days researching Clare Sheridan, writer, sculptor and a person who tried to live on her own terms even as world events brought…
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Charlotta Buxton
Look at a flower
I’ve spent the last week glued to my phone. Scrolling, scrolling – apparently it’s called doom-scrolling, because I somehow feel like knowing what…
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Charlotta Buxton
February 2022
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