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Dear Friday,
The rains are here; Dampness has moved in. Sweaters unearthed from the very bottom of drawers. Blankets accumulating near all sitting...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 23, 20211 min read
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The drawer of things that didn’t work out
About six months ago I learned how to knit. Sitting in front of online videos I stitched and stitched until my fingers bled and my dreams...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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Dear Friday,
I turn on my computer to see there has been another mass shooting in the States. I turn on the TV and see a news special about all the...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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Monday's poem.
A very famous one, probably familiar to you all, from Mary Oliver. It seems to fit the moment well and I love revisiting it. I seem to do...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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Grief
I've been watching the George Floyd trial happening in the States. I know I shouldn't. I couldn't watch the videos from the day when it...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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Dear Friday,
Could you never tell a lie? Not even a small one. How you are, what you think, what you need. I listened to a podcast this week about...

sabrina lloyd
Apr 2, 20211 min read
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Monday's poem
This one sinks me every time I read it, and I read it often. It's by RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS, from her collection Seeing The Body. House...

sabrina lloyd
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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Dear Friday,
I listened to something this week that has burrowed deep within me. I don't think I have ever been more moved by a podcast, heard...

sabrina lloyd
Mar 26, 20211 min read
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Dear Friday,
It's been a long week. Not much sleep, news of countries closing down again, cases rising here in Kenya. It's been scary. The virus has...

sabrina lloyd
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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It's not mindfulness, it's rest.
Insomnia found me a few years ago. It comes in waves, like storms. Sometimes it is only for a night, other times it lingers for what...

sabrina lloyd
Mar 16, 20211 min read
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Dear Friday,
Long week. It's hot in Kenya. Bone melting hot. But the long rains are coming and they bring their own difficulty so I lean into the sun...

sabrina lloyd
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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