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Charli

Jan 15, 20214 min read

A Very Warm Welcome

Getting to this point has been a labour of love, fear, anxiety, worry and exhilaration! I could not have managed this without the...

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Charli

Dec 1, 20201 min read

I See You Moonlight

I see you moonlight peering through that crack in the curtain, and yet I was certain I’d shut you out. With brightness so alluring I find...

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Charli

Jul 1, 20202 min read

So You Think You Know

I posted a sound video recently on North Berwick News and Views which highlighted the noise being made by groups in the Lodge Grounds. Of...

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Charli

Jun 30, 202017 min read

My Home Town – A Love Story

I entered this short story for a competition recently – for me the joy was having the motivation to complete it. I wasn’t short-listed...

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Charli

Apr 9, 20204 min read

1976

Saturday 4th April was Day 12 of lockdown and Day 1 of the school Easter holidays in Scotland. The plan for my day was to wash the inside...

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Charli

Mar 20, 20203 min read

An Extraordinary Moment in Time

There isn’t a soul alive who could have predicted the current pandemic and impact of Co-Vid 19 on global humanity. The past 3 months has...

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Charli

Feb 22, 20204 min read

Blanket Box

During a recent period of decluttering I put some household items on the North Berwick Facebook page: a dog bed, a wicker log/laundry...

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Charli

Feb 12, 20205 min read

A Short Campervan Adventure

Half term got off to an outstanding start with the arrival of my 2 girls from London last Friday evening. Their train was slightly...

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Charli

Dec 28, 20194 min read

Small Wins to Self-Discovery – Updated.

Apologies that the recent blog of similar title was published. I’m not entirely sure what I did but suffice to say the lovely people at...

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Charli

Nov 10, 20194 min read

Skye Columba 1400 October 2019

When Columba 1400 was first offered to me during my PRD process I did not believe I was worthy or that indeed by making such a...

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Charli

Jun 18, 20194 min read

Finding My Voice

There are times in life when we need to rehearse a deed, action or conversation. It helps us to get into the appropriate frame of mind or...

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Charli

May 26, 20195 min read

It Shows that we Matter

I realise that my self imposed fortnightly target for writing this blog has slipped but it is all for good reason both personally and...

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Charli

Apr 28, 20194 min read

Time for Change

In the week before Easter I popped into the Cancer Research shop in North Berwick to buy a blue glass tear drop shaped vase which I had...

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Charli

Apr 12, 20194 min read

Keep Apart 2 Chevrons

As we were driving South to Cornwall recently we went through a section of the M5 that had the request ‘Keep apart 2 Chevrons’. For some...

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Charli

Mar 24, 20194 min read

Random Acts of Kindness

We are unlikely to be on the receiving end of a random act of kindness every day, let alone every week or month. This is largely because...

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Charli

Mar 10, 20195 min read

Love Rush

We’ve all experienced it I’m sure – that moment when almost without warning our heart beats harder, our attention is totally absorbed,...

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Charli

Mar 3, 20195 min read

Striving for Perfection

“Keeping up with the Joneses” is a phrase more recently replaced by Keeping up with the Kardashians, but has a very different social...

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Charli

Feb 24, 20193 min read

Plastic Forever

About 10 years ago my beloved late sister Emma created an extraordinary plastic relief called Plastic Forever. It was beautiful, white,...

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Charli

Feb 8, 20194 min read

Thank You

Thank You. Such a simple phrase to utter and yet we ofttime forget to offer our thanks when a colleague has gone that extra mile, a...

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Charli

Feb 3, 20194 min read

Planets

The planets in all their beauty have appeared as an ongoing theme over the past few weeks. Going to see Gustav Holsts’s The Planets 360...

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