My husband and I are actually very bad at this, in that we usually spend our weekends going for very long walks around our area. The bad thing, is that we rarely plan to do this and are often very unprepared - a 15km walk is very much standard for us, and then we wonder … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 6 – Go for a mindful walk
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The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 4 – Find an inspiring story
Today's focus is on finding some inspiring stories about the work that people are doing within conversation or within the environmental protection movement as a whole. This is such a fun activity, and it also acts as a nice reminder that you are not alone in this fight, that there are so many people out … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 4 – Find an inspiring story
The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 3 – Make a commitment
Today's focus is on making a change in your life to benefit the planet. The Wildlife Trust has a number of really helpful ideas that you can look into on their website here. The issue I am having with today though is that I am quite limited. For starters, I already try to do a … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 3 – Make a commitment
The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 2 – Be more tree
Today is all about grounding yourself. 'Grounding' is a set of simple and practical techniques designed to reconnect you to the present moment, helping you find balance, calm, and stability when things feel hectic or stressful. These techniques can be used by anyone at any time, whether at home, work, or on the go and … Continue reading The Wildlife Trusts Hope Week 2024: Day 2 – Be more tree
The Wildlife Trust Hope Week
Given everything that has happened in the past week or so, no matter where you are in the world, things are all seeming very scary. Here in the UK, that British Winter has truly set in and has gotten to the point where sunlight is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Apparently last week, … Continue reading The Wildlife Trust Hope Week
Sunday Musings
Daily writing promptWhat's something you believe everyone should know.View all responses Their rights. This is obviously a massive topic that spans everything from health, to education, to the basic fundamental human rights and everything all the way down to what rights they have when buying something at a shop. Whilst I believe that most people … Continue reading Sunday Musings
National Novel Writing Month has begun!
November 1st marks the start of National Novel Writing Month. Traditionally this means that writers will aim to write 50,000 words over the course of the month of November. There is however scope for people to create whatever writing goal they wish to achieve for this month, be that to write a certain number of … Continue reading National Novel Writing Month has begun!
How to help pets during firework season
It is Halloween tomorrow, and here in the UK Halloween tends to signal a roughly 2 week period where we get a lot of fireworks. In the UK, we celebrate Bonfire night - also known as Guy Fawkes Night - which traditionally involves, as you can guess, bonfires and over the last few years lots … Continue reading How to help pets during firework season
Sunday musings
Daily writing promptWhat does it mean to be a kid at heart?View all responses For me, being a kid at heart means maintaining that sense of wonder for the world. Now granted I don't spend much time around children, but the few I have interacted with are just an endless stream of questions about the … Continue reading Sunday musings
Best vegan sweets for Halloween
Halloween is fast approaching, and whilst here in the UK halloween is not really celebrated, I am always looking for an excuse to eat lots of candy and watch spooky movies. I am always in the mood for the spooky, the creepy, and the 'spoopy' - this is a new phrase I learnt that apparently … Continue reading Best vegan sweets for Halloween
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