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Scottish Writer focusing on humanity & humaning. Learning and life through a different lens. Exploring joy, authenticity, ageing, neurodivergence & spirituality www.howtobehumanenough.com
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Love these! Exactly explains my state as the spring holiday starts! It’s been a rough few months.

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I explained it to several young teens today: imagine we wanted you to become more self-sufficient in the kitchen, so we decided to charge you $20 every time you got takeout. But also we have no food in the house, we won't let you go to the store, and also you don't know how to cook.

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My ideal Mother’s Day morning isn’t breakfast in bed any more (the crumbs!) but this. Quick dog walk and home for coffee and to read my book. #MothersDayUK

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This really resonates with me

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Sunrise dog walk

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It’s still freezing but the early morning light gives me life! #scotland

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The cutest sleepy dog. No notes. #borderterrier

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When I’m Old My Grannie was born in 1910 in Scotland and was quietly amazing.This photo is the opposite to who she was to me. Dressed up and posing on a holiday to Calgary before I was born! When I'm oldI won't wear a peenywith a box of bluebell matches in the pocketfor burning rubbish in the…

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Lucky to live in a place where I can walk dogs and catch up with friends with views like these.

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Firework Parcel Tape Rollerskates Goggles PROCEED TO CHECKOUT

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I run darker than some so am drawn to light in all its forms

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I like my own posts. Someone has to and I do! #selfacceptance

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From Mary Oliver

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When I’m Old A poem written about my grannie, born in 1910 she seemed so much older than everyone else’s grandmothers but she gave me a quiet grounding in life that I’ll always be grateful for. #poetry

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It was a nice morning in St Andrews

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Just a GenX girl trying to work out BlueSky and Substack at the same time as my old platforms burn. It’s like MySpace and Bebo all over again and a girl is now tired and perimenopausal. Send gin. #GenXstruggles

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A poem written while I try to support my teenager’s first heartbreak howtobehumanenough.com/new-beginnin...

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howtobehumanenough.com/why-its-a-ne... #newyearsresolutions

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‘I stand by my original statement: we ARE never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy.’

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Just arrived here from the dark side and not sure I have the energy to start again in a new place! How easy is it to find - neurodivergent - nature lovers - writers - coffee drinkers - perimenopausal people - walkers Do I really have to retrain the algorithm? I’m too old for this!

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Flight of the Changemakers. Thoughts on why I’m never content to just let things be…and the price of that. howtobehumanenough.com/flight-of-th...

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From revelation to revolution. My writing on late adhd diagnosis and being “yet another perimenopausal woman with adhd” howtobehumanenough.com/how-to-be-hu...

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Beyond thrilled to share the cover artwork that has been chosen for Scotland’s Stories this year. Why am I so excited? Because of what lies inside! Stories (and poems) of Hope. And one of them is mine.

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