Brambles!  Maya and Steven stared ahead.  After several minutes of uncertain glances at the compass and then back to the brambly woods in front of them, they led the group onward, promptly turning north to walk along the road.   A quarter of a mile later, the scenario repeated, only this time they sought advice.  They […]

“I have something to prove, don’t I?  Who me?  Yes.  Let’s face it.  If we knew every moment where a leader doubted their own course, faltered in their vision or wrestled with fear we probably wouldn’t follow them.  So sometimes it’s just safer to keep pretending.  Maybe you’ve felt this way too? Maybe no one […]

Those of us living near the coast know one of our seasons consists of a good number of grey days. Tucked between winter and the blazing days of summer there is what we call “May grey” which soon becomes “June gloom.” It is a thing. And for some, me among them, “May grey” can give […]