HIRAETH

(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.

jandan57

Feb 17
3 min

Open roads - fast cars, roadside cafes

I've been up for hours , since 1.38 a.m to be precise. It is strange the thoughts you have in the midnight hours. For some reason I also ...

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jandan57

Feb 14
3 min

When the world is in darkness .....look for the light

How is everyone going ? Are we all into lockdown part 3 mode ? What a mad crazy time it is lately. Personally I actually love this circu...

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jandan57

Nov 20, 2020
5 min

All the small things that keep us ticking along, all the big things we forget and all the in-between

Days of heart ache, heartbreak and everything in between. Life is certainly for living and yet this wonderful thing called life can abs...

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jandan57

Sep 13, 2020
4 min

Unravelling - All I thought or believed in unravels in Covid times - and I kind of liked it - a lot

These last few months I have watched as all I like to control in my life has unravelled , slowly and surely the threads that keep me all ...

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Jann Daniels

Jul 27, 2020
4 min

Unpacking the suitcase -

It seems time to think can lead me down one of two paths - filling the emotional suitcase or emptying the baggage. It really is the perfe...

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jandan57

Jun 28, 2020
4 min

Time Technology winter Days and Clouds

Update your phone they said, its easy....... Apparently you just press this button and then a cloud does all the work. Well that is not q...

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jandan57

Jun 8, 2020
4 min

After the rush - reflections of a non addict

There is so much work, adrenaline , build up and emotional effort involved over the years it takes to write a book and then ultimately re...

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jandan57

Apr 26, 2020
4 min

What do we miss when it is taken away ?

What I thought I wanted is not actually what I needed. This strange little lock down and enforced change of lifestyle has opened my eyes...

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jandan57

Apr 2, 2020
3 min

Nobody told us there'd be days like these....strange days indeed

or so the song goes by the late John Lennon . What an interesting time it is for us all to navigate our way through. It really hit home t...

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jandan57

Mar 17, 2020
2 min

Covid, chaos, isolation and timing, in between a book arrives .

Well they say that timing is everything. I have been planning the launch of my book The Suitcase now for awhile. Imagining how it would s...

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jandan57

Mar 9, 2020
3 min

A GAME OF PATIENCE

I am patiently awaiting the proof copy of my book The Suitcase which should arrive this week. In the meantime my work desk is sitting qu...

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jandan57

Feb 20, 2020
2 min

Nocturnal thoughts and ramblings

My mind is in overdrive as I have tossed and turned away the last few nights. You see the recent murder of a woman and her children has r...

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jandan57

Jan 27, 2020
3 min

Trusting the ground below

There is a reason I like to keep my feet firmly planted on terra firma. I can feel the solid ground beneath me , knowing I am safe and i...

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jandan57

Dec 31, 2019
3 min

Today is -

Today is Tuesday - simple really. Some may call it New Years eve, the day after Monday, the day they go back to work or have their schedu...

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jandan57

Nov 10, 2019
2 min

Painting a Canvas - outside the lines

I am thinking of changing my creative pursuits to painting. I really feel like donning myself a brightly sewn smock made from an old shir...

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jandan57

Sep 15, 2019
3 min

So ends the winter of my discontent

I feel rather Shakespearean when I utter these words to no one in particular, an ageing actor pacing the stage connecting with their aud...

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jandan57

Jun 10, 2019
4 min

From suitcase to backpack - unpacking life

There is an art to packing a suitcase for either a weekend getaway or overseas trip and I just never seem to get it right. It is such ...

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jandan57

May 31, 2019
2 min

Raking over old coals

I have been in a reflective mood today. It has been drizzling a beautiful fresh rain for days and this harbours well for days of writin...

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jandan57

May 27, 2019
2 min

Walking back to writing

It's been awhile! It seems I have been stuck in some vortex of inertia lately. Life gets busier and I have been physically, emotionally...

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jandan57

Apr 20, 2019
2 min

A fondness for words and letting them go

Thank goodness for long weekends and lazy days , the perfect time to write and re-write. I think I have let go of quite a few words in my...

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The suitcase

One woman's struggle to save herself.
If you had to escape and have ninety minutes, 3 children and an old suitcase what would you pack ?
What do you value ?
Is it sentiment or practicality that takes over?
What could you fit into The Suitcase.

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