Iona Winter

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  • Views

    Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to blog about. Like today. But I’ve promised both of us (you dear readers and myself) that I would write at least once a week (in… Read more

  • Foot in Mouth

    Foot in mouth: speaking without thinking. As opposed to foot and mouth – the horrible toxic disease we were petrified of contracting as children. Sadly, this has lead to a lifelong fear of… Read more

  • Feathered Friends and Activism

    I started this blog off a few days ago, and for one reason or another it was incomplete. Being one for tidying up loose ends, here’s the completed version of a… Read more

  • Assumptions and Reflections

    Often I hear people say, “I know everything about her (or him).” How is that even possible? As humans, we assume a lot about each other, loosely based on the small… Read more

  • Change in the weather.

    Yep, we’ve gone from wearing singlets in the garden, to three layers of clothing – in a day. And everybody seems to be talking about it. I guess driving through snow… Read more

  • Back into the swing of things…

    …and now we’re back into the swing of things. I’ve been wondering if the recent full moon and equinox impacted on me, more than I realised. My feathers have been… Read more

  • Ode to You

    I remember you, when you were young. Your rounded face was full of tenderness and wonder. I can still hear your laughter, a deep chuckle far beyond your years. You… Read more

  • Responsibility and Absence

    I’ve been absent for a while. I apologise for the lack of communication from my end. Although I’ve not heard any complaints (because this blogging business is often a one way… Read more

  • Privilege

    It’s been an extraordinary week. I could break that down into an extra, ordinary week, but I won’t. I’ll go with the former. It fits better. Soon, very soon, I’ll have… Read more

  • And remember to breathe…

    Yes…well…I signed off social media in order to begin my re-write of ‘The Novel’. And I did do a major chunk. Truly, I did. And then I stopped. Why? Because the intensity… Read more