Still twinkling and I have an inkling that the best is yet to come…

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Thank you once again to everyone who has supported and read my posts over the last twelve months.

I also extend my thanks to others whose posts I have enjoyed reading in an eventful year.

Wishing you all the best for 2025.

From Julie
A Tree of Life Sciences®

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 1/1/25

Local tractor community events

Proud of our local people.

The tractor run just before Christmas was particularly impressive and should have raised significant funds for East Cheshire Hospice.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 28/12/24

Twinkle, twinkle little stars🌟🌟🌟🌟.

Warm wishes to one and all ❤️.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 17/12/24

Let’s lighten up for the festive season 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄🎄🌟. Starting with my message in a verse to bring a smile 😊.

CHRISTMAS CHEER AND FESTIVE HUGS ©

Hip hip hooray!
Christmas cheer.
It’s that time of year.
Again.

Dropping hints
Shopping stints
Less worry
More merry
Please.

Ding dong bell 🔔
Let all be well!
It’s jingle bells
And cinnamon smells.

Walking on eggshells
Tensions
Apprehensions.

Seasonal Greetings
Family meetings
Some travel afar
Some stay where they are.
Phew!

Fewer silly squabbles,
Wibbles and Wobbles.
Fewer family feuds.
We hope.

Less distance
Less insistence
Less being rude.
A chance to diffuse a family feud.

A chance to savour delightful food.
Savour the festive fervour.
Takes us one step further.
Festive mugs.
Hugs (sans bugs).

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©Julie Charlesworth, 2023

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A virtual hug in a verse and a couple of ‘mug shots’ (pun intended).

Whether partying, shopping or working to deadlines always finding time for some fun.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 10/12/24

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Hark – the festive season beckons!! However, not everyone will be feeling fully engaged with the festive spirit of the season. The run-up can be triggering sadness and thoughts of loved ones lost, past and present.

From a personal perspective I know that the loved ones I miss would wish to be fondly remembered and yet would also be willing us to have a fun festive time. However sad I may feel at times I don’t begrudge others having fun and I will also be rising to the spirit of special festive occasions.

People will feel all sorts of emotions for many different reasons, and we should be empathetic and respectful.

This year has dealt such cruel blows to many people. In the weeks ahead – let us be kind to everyone – in business as well as in life generally. You never know what someone is going through or what is happening in their lives. These sentiments are expressed my link to ‘Life’s Cruel Blows”.

As with many other people it is also a time when we miss loved ones, we lost many years ago. In my case my parents:

STAY WITH ME©

In a dream
You are here.
I can see, touch, and sense you.
I know it’s a dream
But just for now
Please stay with me a moment.

Life hurts.
I still miss you.

©Julie Charlesworth, 2022

It is time to have fun and be kind – this year has been particularly harsh.

To smiles, joy, and laughter even in difficult times.
‘Glad tidings of comfort and joy’.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 04/12/24

From trees to leaves: some tell-tale signs of the seasons.

It is a no-brainer to simply enjoy the changing seasons and appreciate all that Nature can offer. It feels like a good time to get out and refresh ahead of the new season to come.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 30/11/24

For a change here is something I have written with a bit of a Sci-Fi theme:

THE HIVE MIND ©

There is a message
From the network
It is time to rope you in.

You are needed for the hive.
Why?
It is how we all survive.
But am I still alive?
Sort of…

All together now-
High five to the hive.

You are now connected to the hybrid Hive Mind.

©Julie Charlesworth, 2024

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Through science fiction and verse we can explore possible futures using our imagination and with the power of the human mind.

Imagine this scenario – a bit quirky but makes you think 😉.

On a more serious note, the message is to be wary of possibilities or paths towards voluntary servitude.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 19/11/24

The brain is the most important organ I told myself. Then I realised where this was coming from – it was just a thought 😉. A quizzical thought I’ve expressed in verse:

BRAIN MAIL ©

I pause
And in a daydream
These words come to mind
Simple yet profound –
Take care of yourself
Especially your brain.

A notion
Calm midst commotion
Yet
Sardonic in tone
From one place alone?

Aha 💡
My brain!

Maybe self-serving
Slightly unnerving

Just a thought…
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©Julie Charlesworth, 2024

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Makes you think 🤔😉🧠.

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by Dr Julie Charlesworth 12/11/24

Into the here and now – it is Autumn in the UK. This is a season for the senses, and a good time to fill them up!

Autumn:
See it
Touch it
Hear it
Smell it
Taste it

Sense it!

Whilst we try to make sense of this unsettled and turbulent world we live in, why not experience the joy of leaf kicking and walking through carpets of crunchy Autumn leaves.

Go on – you know you want to 😂.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 7/11/24

[I took these photos recently and close to home – in the garden and then looking up the road nearby.]

I spent much of my childhood playing amongst the trees in a small but treasured orchard. This was thanks to my very smart working-class dad. ‘The orchard’ was his pride and joy. He created and nurtured this enclosed area in the garden of our family home – a feat of hard physical work, imagination, and love. The abundance of fruit was generously given to friends, relatives, neighbours, and any visitors to the house.

Cherishing simple important formative times and values which have stood me in good stead in running my business and life generally. The values remain at the heart of what my company does and how it does it.

This message comes in the Autumn apple season. There was always an abundance of both dessert and baking apples. But there was so much more…

For a fuller picture you can imagine the other fruits of Dad’s labour in his orchard: plums, damsons, greengages, pears, crab apples, gooseberries, blackberries, blackcurrants.

With trees, bushes and brambles galore, for me it felt like a wonderland of adventure and sheer delight!

Happy Autumn half-term holidays.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 24/10/24

[Photos taken by my hubby-to-be on a return visit with me in my early 20’s.]