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Urban Autumn

September 23, 2019September 20, 2019 Jen EdenLeave a comment

Of all the seasons Mother Nature sends our way, autumn is my favourite. I love the riot of colour, the sunny days with an edge of frost in the air, the smell of woodsmoke, the creeping quiet that settles over everything as the nights draw in. We are fortunate to live close to the edge [...]

Posted in LifeTagged Autumn, nature, seasons, urban autumn, urban nature, urban wandering

Urban Wanders

January 22, 2017 Jen Eden1 Comment

Yesterday, hubby and I went for a wander round Manchester. We headed out in a direction we don't normally walk and just wandered around enjoying the city. It was lovely. The sun wasn't exactly shining but it wasn't raining, the air was crisp and cool, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable morning. We discovered some [...]

Posted in PersonalTagged art, Manchester, solvitur ambulando, street art, The Wander Society, TWS, urban, urban wandering

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“She had never been aware that she was afraid, that she feared the world’s vastness and diversity, it’s violence too.” - The Girl Who Reads On The Metro, Christine Féret-Fleury
Never could resist a book about books…
Holiday reading stack! That’s enough for a week, right? I’ll take my kindle as well, just in case…😝
Happy holidays to me! Had a real brain fog day today so grateful to know I’ve got a lovely chilled week ahead with my beloved, the pup and a big stack of books!
“I’m trying to speak - to write - the truth. I’m trying to be clear. I’m not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.” - The Parable of the Sower, Octavia E Butler
“We are coming apart. We are a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.”
In 2020, I treated myself to the Whitworth backpack by @kulabags. I’d been looking for a sustainably made backpack that didn’t cost the earth and still looked stylish. When I first came across Kula I was a little sceptical. Backpacks made of paper?! I wasn’t convinced they would be that durable. But they we’re super affordable and I loved the look of them so I figured I’d give them a go.
Over the last few years, my professional life has changed dramatically. Since the age of 18, I have trained and worked in various roles to support young people. That was the career path I chose. I worked incredibly hard at it. And I loved it. Until I didn’t. Until it took more from me than I could give and the stress and exhaustion overtook the reward and passion. So I made a change. It was a leap into the unknown. The only things that made me feel secure in that choice were a)knowing I was going to be working with brilliant people and b) knowing it would give me the opportunity to write. I had nothing else.
The silver lining of constantly waking up super early for no reason? Lots of time to read and snuggle our pup.❤️
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