Gratitude Archives - Joanna Taylor

September 17, 20250Comments

M is for… Mabon – Celebrating the Autumn Equinox

Autumn has very definitely arrived, with the advent of mist, rain and cooler air after the heat of this summer... and as the air turns crisp and the leaves begin

August 6, 20250Comments

J is for… Joy

For followers of the blog, you may remember that in an earlier post (H is for Hope), I told you the story of my Echium, an exotic plant from Guernsey

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June 16, 20250Comments

G is for… Grace – and Gratitude

I'm a big advocate of the power of meditation; I recommend it to my clients and my supervisees, and in these current times of chaos and upheaval, it seems as

June 6, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love…

This is a hard blog to write... last Tuesday morning we lost our beautiful, funny, fuzzy little Daisy, and I am desolate. She was only 7, and she had leukaemia.

July 19, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog: No 26 – What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?

From time to time, we allow all three of the canine members of staff to have a sleep-over in our bedroom… Daisy and Lily like to sleep in the middle

December 19, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 20: “All I want for Christmas is…”

It's that time of year again... enticing cooking smells drift from the Aga, the postman brings parcels to the door (much barking required from the canine members of staff), friends

June 21, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog: No 16 – Being Present

My niece has finally found herself a lovely cottage with an equally lovely landlady who allows her to have her dogs. So Poppy and Snippets moved to their new abode a couple of weeks ago

April 27, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 13: The Art of Giving and Receiving

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me'. Look what happens with a love like that - it lights the whole sky." -

October 25, 20100Comments

Teachings of Dog – No.3

Theo the schnauzer has to be one of the most ebulliently joyful creatures with whom it has been my pleasure to share my life. His sheer boundless enthusiasm and wanton

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