Being human
and life's little mysteries

Today I’m feeling grateful to have an intelligent body. A body that remembers. A body that carries my unique imprint of experiences; a...

This is…. My new best friend. It’s my second visit to A+E in less than a week. Based on this, and a handful of other recent visits to...

It’s been said that the health of the spine reveals the health of a whole system. Afterall, the spine is a superhighway to the life force...

As 2021 approaches, we have yet another moment of looking through a portal – a point between A and B that feels, sometimes, like no man’s...

Morning view from kitchen. As The leaves have fallen off this statuesque beech tree, so too I’ve been going through my own state of...

Need something delicious and nourishing to snack on? These dehydrated kale crisps will not disappoint! A dehydration machine they are...

Self Isolation Day 3. Today started exceedingly badly. My son was told he would be taken out of school a day early to mitigate the risk...

Self-isolation, Day 2. My last morning at home on my own for the foreseeable future. Tomorrow home schooling begins! I set about first...

Of all the places one would expect to find oneself after proclaiming to the world the self-isolation is inevitable, here I am waiting in...

…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...

Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality, reputation? Can...

Back in the days when photography development was manual, the exposure process was a mixture of excitement, patience and instinct. Timing...

During the course of August month took time to recover from spinal surgery, resting near a pond that is connected to a river which opens...

A memory of my five year old self exists, sitting in my mother’s giant eggshell yellow Pontiac station wagon on the way home one day from...

Five years ago I underwent the knife, in a sense electively, because I wanted to live. I didn’t get to choose the time or the place, or...

Often times society assumes that to have survived something means that you have come out the other end stronger, more...

It has been three years to the day that I had a liver transplant. This day will forever be imbued with meaning for me, and around this...

This salsa recipe is one of my favourites, and could not be easier to make with a small food processor. You’ll need: -coriander (75g) ...

It all started with my increasing frustration and impatience in getting to know my new body since my liver transplant. The liver is an...

For the background on why Raw Fairies, why the Mini B Cleanse, check this out On Monday I started the Raw Fairies Mini B Cleanse, five...