Vibrant Imaginative People

April 2024, Issue No. 26

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Hello my VIP.

Back in March I was showing off a little with how I had brought the sunshine back from Madeira for you… but the weather has since been unpredictable here in the UK. I have a mug of tea to the right of me and my open diary to my left, rain is thrashing at the French doors of my Writing Room, and I am focused on writing from my heart. More of that to come below.

It’s been another busy few weeks which pushed me to take a step back from my social media posting on Instagram and spend time doing more, thinking more deeply, and feeling more heartly. (Not sure there is such a word, but I’m using it anyway)

Life is good.

Life is busy.

Life is precious.

Life is…

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Vibrant Ideas and Loads of Energy

I am bursting with ideas and loads of energy. I feel so alive, right now and stepping back from social media for a little while has been good for me. My flow, if you recall that’s my word for 2024, has been present in everything I do, and it feels so right. Perhaps spring really does have that magic of making things happen. What do you think?

So alongside this, I began a beautiful writing sanctuary on Monday, and it has given me a chance to step into my most authentic self and to write what comes. There’s magic to be found in flow, in creating without thinking, and letting the words fill the page in front of me. There’s something quite healing and relaxing about writing by hand and the daily writing prompts have helped me tap into my deepest thoughts and my creativity which I have felt has been stifled a little recently. The course has encouraged me to write what I feel and to not worry too much about the result which is a breath of fresh air.

How are you keeping the energy up in your life or your creative endeavours? How often do you pause to reflect on what you’re doing and whether it aligns with your mood?

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Imaginative Ways to Embrace Spring into Our Lives

When spring comes it always feels like permission to break the mould and try something new, refreshing, invigorating, rewarding. One of the things I most like doing in spring is walking – and talking – and taking photos of nature. The colours of nature as they burst forth from tight buds, and spindly boughs and dry earth, are always a miracle to me. Photography doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be a simple snap of something which has captured your attention. The way the light falls, an interesting angle or a dancing shadow can capture the essence and magic of spring.

And of course there are other ways to embrace spring into our lives too.

Let me know which ways you are going to use to welcome spring into your life and home.

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People, Get Your Suitcases Repacked For Greece

I was recently introduced to the books of a fabulous Australia-based author named Sally Jane Smith. Her second Greece travel memoir was released earlier this week on April 20th and I just had to share it with you. Coincidentally I have just received my book THE MAGIC OF MIRAMARE, based in Kefalonia, back from my publisher for a formatting check. Greece is such a wondrous place for me so it's a pleasure to support Sally's timely release.

Sally Jane Smith’s first book, Unpacking for Greece, took her readers on her life-altering solo trek through Greece. It received international media attention and it looks like her newest release is set to do the same.

ABOUT REPACKING FOR GREECE

When a long-forgotten, apartheid-era arrest record derails Sally Jane Smith’s plans for a Canadian family vacation, she packs her mom’s 1978 travel diary and sets out solo for Greece instead. As she journeys to the landmarks her mother once visited — and discovers many more — Sally immerses us in Greece’s awe-inspiring landscapes and fascinating heritage sites.

She delights in absorbing the country’s rich history and connecting the dots between legend, location, and contemporary literature.

Repacking for Greece travels from an initial flashback chapter in 20th-century South Africa to 10 memorable Greek destinations: Athens and Delphi on the mainland; Nafplio, Mycenae, Epidavros, and Methana on the Peloponnese Peninsula; and the islands of Hydra, Poros, Kefalonia, and Corfu (with a side trip to Albania).

Sally says that while Unpacking for Greece was about letting go of personal baggage, Repacking for Greece is about replenishment--about abandoning anxiety and finding joy.

Now, this really does make me want to escape on my own Greek holiday!

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So until next time...

Be happy, honour your creativity and embrace this beautiful season as it welcomes us with bright blooms, bluer skies and sunshine.

I will be celebrating Greek Orthodox Easter on 5th May and I'm really hoping for sunshine on our Easter Sunday as I spend the day with my family.

Lots of love, Soulla xxx

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