Author: Vivienne
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There is joy
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May started with greenflies. The insects made such gentle contact with my face and neck, the sensation was not unlike rain, and I spent the start of my shift picking them out of my hair and off my uniform. Mum was excited; the front of her car was splattered with…
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Another April
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Sitting in the garden, I felt I could actually see the new green buds pushing out from the dark branches. I watched early bees orbiting the pink lilac. Magpies jumping through the bramble and a greenfinch crooning from the blackthorn, completely hidden. On the walk down to the lake I…
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Late or Never
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I cancelled my exercise class and took myself to the lake. Told myself if the choice I have is between starting something later than originally planned or never starting it at all, then the better option has to be the first one. I got the email notification as I was…