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On stepping back into my old life, and a life lesson from an astronaut
I knew this was an illusion. But for a few hours, I could pretend that nothing had changed and that I had never left England
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On being in the english countryside, book events and teaching
Watch now | Just a little update from me as I'm back in the UK for a few days for my book launch and delighting in the feeling of being 'home'
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On the creative possibilities of colour, and how to make conditions for it to thrive
I’ve only become conscious of the way colour works to fire my creative energy in the last few years, but I'm excited about where it's taking me next
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What Am I Doing Here?
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On Losing Home and Everything in it
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On the way home feels
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On Spring flowers, and the radical creative opportunities of grief
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On feeling melancholy, and the mantra that shifted it
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On the deeps and colours of a life without alcohol
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On putting my life and kids on the page
Some potentially controversial thoughts on being the child of a mum who writes all about her life
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Exclusive Preview from The Giant on the Skyline
My new book is out early next month, but I wanted to share the prologue with you. It is available to pre-order now, and I'm nervous but excited to send…
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Does a landscape absorb us, as we absorb it?
Watch now | Some thoughts for you from a Californian mountain top on the way landscape imprints itself on us.
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On the earthly pleasures of someone's else's stuff
There’s something shocking, but also quite inspiring, about seeing a person’s entire life reduced to a weekend sale
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On feeling melancholy, and the mantra that shifted it
A couple of days ago I fell, unexpectedly, into a great well of sadness. It just opened up beneath my feet and sucked me down.
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On sadness, subscribers and a couple of updates
Watch now | And also just a thank you, for letting me share my feelings as a writer with you
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On why I owe Taylor Swift a personal apology
My life at the time when I met her was, in some ways, a bit like a country music song, but after I went to interview her I did something I still feel…
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You Asked Me Anything! And I Answered: Part Two
Watch now | Concluding the videos of me answering your really interesting and evocative questions
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On the life lessons I'm learning from Washington's famous cherry blossom
These flowers cannot know (I don’t think) how much I depend on their sweet little faces for a glimpse of joy in my everyday, or the more profound…
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Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels
Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels
I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity
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