Yesterday morning, I closed my eyes and raised my face to the sun, enjoying the simple pleasure of being warmed up. Inspired by nature, I decided to spend the next hour putting my vegetable patch to bed for the Winter. It was so therapeutic, cutting everything back and breathing in the earthy smell. I brought my laden basket of goodies I had pulled up and tumbled it out in the chicken coop for my hens to forage through. My crazy puppy decided to get in on the act and slipped through the door. Before I knew it, she was chasing the chickens around until one poor old girl had her head under the fence and was almost a goner. I grabbed Lola and set her free into the garden, scooping up Matilda and cradling her in my arms until she had stopped sobbing like a newborn baby.
Later, I went to my friend's house for lunch and watched a film rather than eating out and watching a movie at the cinema. Instead of going shopping and buying clothes, I have instead been sorting out my old stuff and stacking it up in bags ready to put on Ebay or give to the local charity shop. It's felt so good to slow life down and I am feeling more mindful and things are more simplified, like when I was younger and a child living at home still.
Today, I joined my friend and co-presenter hosting a book club on local community radio and interviewed a wonderful author.. I was going to retire from the show but realised just how much I will miss it after seven years, plus my dear friend and I make a good team. I felt buoyed up by life and the wonderful people in it by the time I got home.
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