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Reading, and Writing, and Me – oh my!
source (my apologies, I couldn’t find the original source) I have spoken before about my love of books, and reading, and words themselves (although I must get back into the habit of sharing my monthly...
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To the four winds
Oh my friends, I miss you all, but truth be known I have been out in the world having some adventures. They have recharged my spirit and I cannot wait to share some of the highlights with you. For now,...
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Over Mountains and Deep Blue Sea
In the hours I call night I sit and watch the sun sink behind the mountains and the lights in the old stone houses blink into life. Perched above the city, its noise filling the streets below, I warm...
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No Day But Today: Cadbury Half Marathon 2013
A cold and lightly windy morning greeted me as the alarm trilled in my ear this morning. Race day. A deep breath in. A shower. A hug from Mum. Messages from the loveliest of friends all over the world...
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An Unexpected Breakfast: The Lesson
‘In the morning when the moon is at it’s rest, You will find me at the time I love the best Watching rainbows play on sunlight; Pools of water iced from cold night, in the morning. Tis the morning...
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Taking the Morning Train
Sometimes I forget how much fun it can be to ride a bus or train. The opportunity for uninterrupted people-watching almost outweighs the fact that I loathe the thought of my travel times being dictated...
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Stages of Grief for a Race Not Run
This past week I have faced a difficult decision. After quite a lot of thought and conversations with my nearest and dearest, I have come to the conclusion not to line up for the race I was supposed to...
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A List for Twenty-Six
Yesterday I turned 26. I had a wonderful weekend full of family and friends and food. On Saturday night we all went out to dinner and watched Die Hard 5: you just can’t beat a Bruce Willis on your...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List: Week Seven
At this present moment I am sitting with my Mum celebrating Mother’s Day in true Chatwin style: nerdy movies, blankets and bottomless cups of tea. I have had a brilliantly busy week, and although there...
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Winter is Coming…
Winter is coming. Right now I am sitting inside my cosy little house listening to my Mum rattle around the kitchen making pumpkin soup for dinner while the rain plinks gently on our roof. The sun has...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty
This week has been wonderful, and hectic, and exhausting, and wonderful. You definitely use different muscles when you go back to working inside full-time. Thank goodness for running and riding, and...
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Gratitude List Week Twenty-One
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you for the response to my last post. It was wonderful that so many people read it, and some even passed it around. I have felt a bit of a block in my writing...
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Gratitude List Week Twenty-Two
I am afraid this week I have been a little, well, needy. Just a little whiny and in need of coddling and cuddling and soothing. The thing I am most grateful for this week is the people in my life,...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Three
The days are getting longer and warmer. Spring has been waiting impatiently around the corner for the whole winter, and this week it took centre stage. No longer happy to wait in the wings September...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Seven
I am loving this spring weather! Running outside is even more pleasurable (except when magpies attack), there is still some afternoon sunshine left when I get home, and the weekends are endless...
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Okonomiyaki for One and Road Trip Excitement!
This weekend Chris and I are heading up the coast for the long weekend, and I for one am looking forward to doing these three things: one – a walk on the beach; two – drinking a glass of white wine at...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Eight
I have been looking forward to this weekend at the beach since Chris and I first started daydreaming about it a few months ago. Now I am back in my armchair at home with the ceiling fans on high...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty-Two
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. ~ F....
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Gratitude List Week Thirty-Nine
It’s Christmas Eve eve and I am sitting down to finally relax a little before the delicious madness of Christmas with the family begins. This last week has been filled with the beginning of seasonal...
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Hobart Adventures and Cadbury Half Marathon 2014
So, in case you missed the flood of pictures on Instagram you might want to know that last weekend I went to Tasmania and ran the 2014 Cadbury Half Marathon! Just as importantly I got to spend five...
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