Reflections

During these strange days some of us are getting a bit of time to reflect on life, what's important and maybe how we might change when we return to a new normal way of life.
Simple pleasures like a coffee in the sunshine suddenly seem really special.

Each day in the garden there's some new shoot sprouting or a new bud about to burst, or a bird, bee or butterfly visiting.

And indoors I'm enjoying spending a bit more time baking, trying new recipes and enjoying the results (the mincemeat cake is particularly good!)

I haven't had much time for writing or reading, but hopefully that will change soon. And today through the post I received a copy of an anthology which features one of my poems. 

'Reflections 3' is the third anthology produced by the Lagan Navigation Trust following last year's annual storymaking festival. I'm delighted that my work has featured in all three anthologies, and that I was a prize winner in the last two years of this festival. I'm looking forward to spending some time in the garden over the weekend, reading the stories and poems in this collection while I enjoy a coffee and some home baking- bliss!