Category Archives: nature

Watching waters rise

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Hearten Soul

Last week I enjoyed a sunny day at the beach at Troon on the west coast of Scotland.  Being able to get to the beach in less than an hour is one of the delights of my new location, and … Continue reading →

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Scaling a mountain

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Hearten Soul

I’ve reached the summit of a few mountains in my life, both literally and figuratively, although the biggest ones have usually involved significant assistance.  I think I climbed Snowdon (1085m) twice with my family in my youth, once on my … Continue reading →

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Protecting our ocean

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Hearten Soul

Programmes like Blue Planet II and the current series, A Perfect Planet are providing amazing footage showing us the beauty and vulnerability of our ocean.  They have also had some success in motivating us to take some action to reduce … Continue reading →

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Waiting to emerge

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Hearten Soul

One of the books I’ve been reading during this time of trying to decide what comes next in my life has been ‘When the heart waits’ by Sue Monk Kidd.  Recommended by a friend it contains lots of helpful ideas … Continue reading →

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Seeking new life

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Hearten Soul

I’ve felt a bit conflicted in the last week or so.  Although the news has continued to get mainly worse about covid-19 in the UK and other countries where it is spreading fast, my own week of annual leave has … Continue reading →

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Turning into pumpkins

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Hearten Soul

Autumn is here and pumpkins are everywhere, particularly in Ludwigsburg where they have a whole festival of pumpkins or Kürbis as they call them. This year’s theme was fairy tales and there are a range of giant pumpkins sculptures, amazing … Continue reading →

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Bearing good fruit

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Hearten Soul

I don’t generally think disagreeing with Jesus is a good policy, and in fact I’ve been quite encouraged by the Red Letter Christianity movement who focus particularly on the words Jesus is recorded as saying in the Bible as opposed … Continue reading →

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Optimising My Shot

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Hearten Soul

I felt like I waited a long time to see the musical Hamilton. Late to discover the writer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda via a James Corden musical themed Carpool Karaoke I then binged on YouTube clips including this one of … Continue reading →

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Catching the wind

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Hearten Soul

It’s been a long time since I blogged, but a couple of weekends back I returned to the Malverns which inspired my first post on this blog 8 years ago. It was a glorious sunny day and from the top … Continue reading →

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Being a tree

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Hearten Soul

“I want to be, a tree” said the man on the Prudential advert back in 1989.  A few years earlier Tim Pope made a cult video to his song of the same title, in between producing videos for The Cure. … Continue reading →

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