Who loves to read? Do you love to read to grow, to learn, to relax, to be inspired, motivated, guided ... or do you simply like to have a few books lying around or sitting prettily on a surface in your styled space? Since I was a little girl, I have loved to read. I … Continue reading Books As Friends And Holly’s Reading List Update
Christmas
The First Mince Pie And Musings
I had my first mince pie of the season for afternoon tea on 23rd Dec 2020. It was laced with blessings, made with love. I ate it slowly, carefully, mindfully. I had mixed the fruit brew on 22nd, while our ancient Land Rover was being made roadworthy, emergency repairs at a garage mechanics’ workshop (not … Continue reading The First Mince Pie And Musings
Keep Calm At Christmas
We heard the news last night, of greater restrictions across the United Kingdom.This has been a year of all sorts of uncertainty, changed plans, upheaval, disappointment ... and it has also held blessings.Now, we must decide what it is that we shall focus on. Each day we have the opportunity to choose what it is … Continue reading Keep Calm At Christmas
Why “The Holly Tree Tales”?
Someone asked me recently why I had called my blog “The Holly Tree Tales” and whether it had some special meaning. I was pleased to be asked, as I had been meaning to write about this ever since setting up the blog on 1 January 2015! If you have ever seen a holly tree in … Continue reading Why “The Holly Tree Tales”?
A Christmas Message
This blogpost is about experiencing the nativity in an out-of-the-box sort of way. It is a little of what you don't expect at this time of festive baubles. A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE On Christmas Eve morning, I am doing a little Bible Study, part of my regular quiet time. Thinking birth, nativity, rebirth, circumcision, and … Continue reading A Christmas Message
A Moment Before Christmas ~ Revisited
This piece was written on Monday 21 December 2015. I share it here, as a mindfulness offering in the lead-up to Chistmas. It will be my fifty sixth birthday on Tuesday next week, 11 December, and two weeks after that will be the day that we celebrate another's birth, after whom the festivity and 'holiday … Continue reading A Moment Before Christmas ~ Revisited
A Mindful Advent 2017
I sat down to write a little message, which was simply going to say what I had posted on my Instagram account yesterday, 1st December 2017: Wishing everyone a very happy Advent season and then it seemed to me that more needed to be written besides these few words. I became mindful that so many … Continue reading A Mindful Advent 2017
Peace For Christmas
[Previous title: "A Week Before Christmas"] It is Sunday, one week before Christmas, and I am taking a moment to be calm, to think only about what brings a sense of nurture, to breathe, and to let what is peaceful in life flow into and through me. I am mindful of one thing above all … Continue reading Peace For Christmas
A Moment Before Christmas
Written on Monday 21 December 2015 I have stolen away from all the things I am 'supposed' to be doing, to do something that I need to do ... to write a few thoughts down and to catch a moment, to consider and to prepare for the coming Christmas days. Less than an hour … Continue reading A Moment Before Christmas
The Holly Tree Tales 