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February 2025

Slow & Simple Moments | 02.25
Enveloped in a grey heaviness, February has been a gloomy month, yet there are glimmers of warmth, colour and sunshine on the horizon, as we edge ever…
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Beyond the Notes | 12. Embodying Time and Place
In a turbulent world, we can find comfort in music, in the familiar, and in the evocative combination of music, landscape, time and place, all of which…
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Reflections on a Simple Past | 11. The Model Village
Sometimes I think we forget to marvel at how much can be crafted by hand and enjoyed with the eyes. The model villages of our childhoods capture a…
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What to expect from Rediscover · Reconnect · Re-Emerge in 2025!
More than anything, I'm looking forward to continuing to build, nurture and foster this beautiful Rediscover · Reconnect · Re-Emerge community, and with…
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Inspirations & Connections | XI. Homecomings
Where is home? Recently, I experienced a deep-seated and inextricable homecoming. It's in the blood, and wherever I turned, there were ghosts from the…
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January 2025

Slow & Simple Moments | 01.25
At the start of a new calendar year, whether we're looking ahead, or hunkering down ready to emerge in spring, January has brought its own challenges…
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Beyond the Notes | 11. At the Haunted End of the Day
In a visually overstimulated world, our senses remain ever-fascinated by the juncture between the known and the unknown. In a world of explanation, we…
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Reflections on a Simple Past | 10. The School Trip
Some 30 years on, the memories of our school trips live on, and in looking back, we find ourselves so easily transported back to a simpler time. How…
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David Barton
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Slow Spotlight: Rachel Shenk
So many people have inspired me on my own journey towards living a slower, simpler and more seasonal life, and I’d love you to be inspired too.
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Inspirations & Connections | X. Country Ways
The old country ways offer us a rich treasure trove of memories, but also infinite reassurance. This is how it once was, and in our own generation, it…
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