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This blog takes its title from the fact that kindness originally meant being kin, or kindred, or of the same kind – a reminder, if you like, that we are all humankind. I post regularly on Friday. Enter your email address below to Follow and receive each post direct to your inbox. A Few Kind Words is now also on Substack if you prefer to read it there: https://substack.com/@jamiejauncey.
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Sun worship
I’m feeling strangely enlivened after a Christmas that should, by most measures, have been exhausting: thirteen nights away, seven different beds, 1700 miles in the car. I think this cold weather has something to do with it. When we first … Continue reading →
Posted in Landscape, Nature, Seasons, wellbeing, winter
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Tagged Arctic, David Roberts, Longyearbyen, Mrs Coulter, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Sun-worship, Svalbard, The Big Freeze, The Northern Lights, winter
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Good Friday
My visitation by Tycho Brahe last week seemed to strike a chord. Many people responded with suggestions as to what I should do or think – and I’m grateful to you all. Among other things I was recommended to do … Continue reading →
Tagged blogito ergo sum, EM Forster, Roshni Goyate, Svalbard, Tycho Brahe, writing
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