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Keeping Sunday
When you first embark on family life, there are little habits and rituals which over the years turn into tradition.
Jan 11 • Island Shepherdess
A patchwork hill
I stomped up the hill ill prepared, abandoning my sinkful of dishes.
Jan 5 • Island Shepherdess
January 1st 2026
And just like that, it's 2026.
Jan 1 • Island Shepherdess
When the lights went out.
We're connected. Until we aren't.
Dec 28, 2025 • Island Shepherdess
When the words won't come
We all know that saying, “if you have nothing nice to say; say nothing at all”.
Dec 12, 2025 • Island Shepherdess
Market day
It’s 2°c outside, an almost frost.
Nov 24, 2025 • Island Shepherdess
Built on the back of fences
His hair was bleached from the sun and his skin copper tanned when I first met him.
Nov 9, 2025 • Island Shepherdess
Life lately
Here on Skye, along with the rest of the UK, the clocks have gone back.
Oct 28, 2025 • Island Shepherdess
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