One of our new favourite things in our house is our new blanket – also known as the Dot Blanket – which a family friend gave us a couple of weeks ago. When it is not being used, it lives on the rocking chair – but it is already a firm favourite and is much in demand for curling up on the settee or for sleeping in miniature indoor tents.
Lydia
So chuffed for (and proud of) my sister Virginia, whose book The Year We Lived has received a gold medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book Of The Year Awards 2022!
My brother, Alex, sent out his latest newsletter yesterday. You can subscribe to Not A Travel Writer here.
Another morning and there is a surprising dew, every blade of grass is bejewelled, reflecting light and image, a tiny fisheye vignette of the world evaporating with the sun.
Back to School, Not A Travel Writer by Alexander M. Crow, 7th September 2022
I have laughed at this far, far more than I should have done since Euan sent it on earlier (courtesy of Wade’s brother-in-law). For those of you who have seen the photographs of our wedding day (six and a half years ago already, somehow!), here’s an alternative take to me being serenaded down the beach by my very-soon-to-be-husband and the ever-excellent Wade.
I have been reading recently about habit creation and, tomorrow, I plan to make a start on a few changes that I’ve been toying with for a while (a restart, in some instances). My preparation is done, and I’m ready to go with a “Getting Started” dry run on making permanent changes via initial trialling of habit methodologies.
I’m sure I will write more on this and my progress over the coming weeks but, for now, this article was sent my way at just the right and complementary time: Why we need rituals, not routines.