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Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life more
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (467+ words) The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits One antidote to this drive is to embrace a…...
The September reset is real. I????m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (929+ words) Small changes are what I’m aiming for – 10-minute workouts, cleaning out my handbag. Then I’m less likely to have failed come OctoberAre you a January resolutions or a September reset person? The latter has always felt more propitious to me,…...
Country diary: The rain has come, and suddenly the land looks (and smells) different | Nicola Chester
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (443+ words) Country diary: The rain has come, and suddenly the land looks (and smells) different The Guardian Country diary: The rain has come, and suddenly the land looks (and smells) different Inkpen, Berkshire: From lurid yellow to a moorland brown; from…...
Longing for the season of mellow fruitfulness | Brief letters
4+ day, 25+ min ago (336+ words) Autumn pleasures | Solar gain | Meghan and Harry | Rowing knowledge | Eye test | Bad moodRegarding Emma Brockes’s Digested Week (Is there anything sadder than the end of summer?, 28 August), the end of summer is the beginning of autumn – the best season of…...
Wild swimming linked to higher risk of stomach bugs and skin rashes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (669+ words) Findings from research into illnesses associated with bathing in lakes and rivers come amid boom in hobby Wild swimming has been linked to a higher risk of stomach bugs and skin rashes, according to the largest ever controlled study of…...
Country diary: A peachy, summer beauty that loves the clean air | Nigel Brown
1+ week, 3+ day ago (237+ words) Ynys Môn (Anglesey): The rosy footman is a relative newcomer to this part of Wales, bringing with it nectarine tones and markings like hieroglyphs I have a routine in the summer months that I like to keep to as often…...
Young country diary: Camping in my garden, nose to nose with a fox | Ada
1+ week, 6+ day ago (270+ words) Leeds, West Yorkshire: I missed it first time as my dad couldn’t wake me up. The second time round, he pulled my toe Dad and I were boiling in the house because of the UK heatwave. So we decided to…...
????A brilliant initiative????: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength | Sport
1+ week, 6+ day ago (745+ words) ‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength The Guardian ‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength Europe’s biggest amateur sports event for children – that has drawn celebrity ambassadors ranging from…...
Summer fashion? I’ve found my feet: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon
1+ week, 6+ day ago (22+ words) The Guardian Summer fashion? I’ve found my feet: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon...
The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university | Letters
2+ week, 9+ min ago (194+ words) The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university The Guardian The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the…...