Cottage comfort...

Now, more than ever, I think many of us

are appreciating our homes, wherever and whatever

they may be - they represent comfort,

safety and simple pleasures at a time when

all sometimes seems strange and disconnected!

I certainly am finding that spending more

quiet time in my little cottage is helping me

to feel grounded and peaceful, in 

spite of the challenges of the day! 

And it is certainly fuelling my creativity -

I have been thinking of a little illustrated

newsletter, with recipes, thoughts and

ideas for a simple, comfortable and beautiful

home - to be called 'Cottage Comfort.'

This is something I will be working on soon, along

with my other ongoing projects!

I have been fortunate enough to have many homes

in my life - some nicer than others, of course.

But I have always had a safe place to land, to

sleep, to be...which is a luxury not afforded

to everyone. Some years ago I met a young homeless

refugee on the streets on the city where I lived

at the time - his only dream was to get his papers in

order so he could get work and find a little place to live -

even just a room, as he put it, where he could close

the door, be safe and warm, and drink a cup of tea!

Sadly he died of an pre-existing health condition

before his dream came true! But I have never

forgotten him, and the insight he gave me

into how blessed I actually was, and am.

The picture below is of a cottage I stayed in

for a while, a few years ago - it was on a farm, looking

out upon trees and down to the river - not far from

a field where the wild horses grazed. I can never return

there, the farm is sold now - but it lives

forever in my heart, as do the lives and loves

I found there.

Blessings and light...

Gail xxx