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sarahburgess5
- Jul 12
- 5 min
Seeing with new eyes
The title of this blog came to mind as I uploaded the pictures from the walk I took in Carluke last week. I knew I hadn't invented it,...
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sarahburgess5
- Jun 13
- 5 min
Just one thing
I find it difficult to stick to routines, yet there have been a number of habits that I have incorporated into my days over the last few...
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sarahburgess5
- May 9
- 4 min
Green Health Week 2024
I can't quite believe that we're already in May and Green Health Week 2024 starts this Saturday, 11th May! It only seems like yesterday...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 11
- 5 min
Nature cycles
The moon made big news this week, in North America anyway, as it took centre stage to block out the sun for a few fleeting moments. Just...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 7
- 5 min
Spring energy
It's the time of year...this was how I planned to start the blog today as I mulled it over whilst washing the breakfast dishes. Spring...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 8
- 3 min
And what is more generous than a window?
The title of this week's blog is the final line from a poem by Pat Schneider called "The Patience of Ordinary Things" and as the wind...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Keep on celebrating
It's dark, it's cold, the festivities are over and the decorations are packed away but there are still things to celebrate. People tell...
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sarahburgess5
- Dec 15, 2023
- 2 min
Connected Advent
We can't believe it, we're already over halfway through our advent calendar. As this is published there is just one week to go before...
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sarahburgess5
- Nov 16, 2023
- 4 min
On being amazed
As I was scrolling through Substack this morning, a photograph of blue skies, palm trees and pyramids caught my eye. I stopped to read...
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sarahburgess5
- Oct 20, 2023
- 4 min
ParkBathe Lanarkshire
Given the amount of water lying about Lanarkshire due to the excessive rain that has battered down over the last couple of weeks, you...
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sarahburgess5
- Sep 21, 2023
- 4 min
That harvest feeling
This weekend (Saturday 23rd September) is the autumn equinox and the start of astronomical autumn. Despite the late sun and the warm...
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sarahburgess5
- Sep 8, 2023
- 3 min
Season of tiny conker collecting
What a glorious spell of weather we've been having lately. Whilst meteorological autumn started on 1st September, and although the...
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sarahburgess5
- Aug 18, 2023
- 3 min
Approach of autumn
It's that time of year that seems to be both busy and quiet simultaneously. People enjoying the last few days of the school holidays,...
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sarahburgess5
- Aug 4, 2023
- 4 min
First fruits
And so the wheel turns. This week we entered August and passed Lammas or Lughnasadh, celebrated as the time of the first harvest. ...
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sarahburgess5
- Jul 21, 2023
- 4 min
Walking for fun
Apparently not everyone likes walking. That's obvious isn't it? It just hadn't occurred to me for a while, but suddenly it was coming...
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sarahburgess5
- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
Solstice thoughts
I find summer solstice a little bittersweet, mainly based on a long standing family tradition of greeting it as "downhill to Christmas"...
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sarahburgess5
- Jun 9, 2023
- 2 min
Some thoughts on volunteering
Volunteers' Week 2023 has just drawn to a close so I have been thinking a lot about volunteering over the last wee while. Volunteering...
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sarahburgess5
- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
Green Health Week - a summary
And what a week it was; our best Green Health Week ever. So what did we do? We walked and we wandered. We sat still and we sat silently....
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sarahburgess5
- May 11, 2023
- 2 min
The 5 ways to wellbeing in nature
Green Health Week is upon us, running from 13th to 21st May. The astute amongst you will note that this coincides rather neatly with...
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