Newton Faulkner - Uncomfortably Slow
I try to practice yoga as the sun comes up. The morning sun is gentle and full of hope for the day. It’s hugely beneficial for my emotional balance. Sometimes I will recite mantras as I move into different positions. Yoga aligns me with the belief that there is something much greater than myself, it helps me act more from my heart.
I like being in the garden in the summer but now it’s so bloody cold, I’m inside.
Yoga can be a hugely spiritual practice and that’s what I like about more than Pilates which is a fantastic physical work out.
ENFP, The Campaigner.
That was rather entertaining and somewhat revealing.
I love the opening to Lady Chatterly’s Lover - the book was banned for many years because of its open depictions of sex and when published in 1960, found itself in the centre of an obscenity trial at the Old Bailey.
“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.’
Beer and some kind of fried potato.
No, I have never had such a discussion with my mum.
I think she gave me a book on reproductive biology when I was 12/13 but we never talk about sex.
If I ever have children, I’ll do things very differently.
Maybe not a craving for the taste as much as a craving for the act that results in it.
Plus, the thought of swallowing a load from a meat and dairy consumer just grosses me out these days.
I worked with a Colombian lady who would always call me ‘Maddie girl’ in her rich accent.
Brick House - The Commodores
I mainly learned from older boyfriends, supplemented with the odd bit of advice from friends.
Potatoes are amazing! I think roast is my all time favourite, I love a jacket spud and chips (fries) covered in salt.
Porridge, made with almond milk and topped with muscovado sugar, flaked almonds and raisins.
Sweet potato, chickpea and spinach curry with brown rice and a colourful salad full of greens, raw veggies, nuts, seeds and fruit.
It did say ‘The Great American Read’, maybe as a Brit I should have kept my nose out.