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Only Way Out
Edie Plum will be ten months old this week, she’s now at that super physical stage where she wants to be everywhere and do everything....

Emmy Pickering
May 6, 20205 min read
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A Life that is Good
Imagine… You wake up feeling well rested. You see the sun shining around the cracks of your curtain in the bedroom and know in your bones...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 29, 20206 min read
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All At Once
I’ve been a swirl of emotion, I think we all have been. I’ve been sifting through a lot of muck, trying to find the parts that are worth...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 22, 20205 min read
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Don’t censor JOY.
I woke up to Edie’s coos and the distinct sound of a 7 year old creating a breakfast masterpiece in the kitchen. You know that sound of...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 17, 20206 min read
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Is it the right thing?
On Good Friday our friends who are neighbours went on their daily after-dinner walk and texted to say they were coming by so we could...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 14, 202013 min read
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Microfocusing on the Moment
This Weird Time, that’s all I can refer to it as. I don’t like saying “new normal” because that seems to add a sense of laissez-faire...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 2, 20206 min read
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Claiming Who You Are
STEP ONE, to becoming an artist — or anything else — decide and claim it. I know this to be true when I see the examples in my daily...

Emmy Pickering
Mar 25, 20205 min read
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South Facing Adventure
Hi, welcome to my life. This is how me and my husband of 100 years (actually just about 15, but we’ve been together since we were stars...

Emmy Pickering
Feb 17, 20204 min read
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The Season of Winter
I constantly promote the idea that in life we are faced with two options — you’ve heard me write about this before but indulge me again;...

Emmy Pickering
Feb 8, 20204 min read
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