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Moving to France - Part Two ( selling a house & leaving behind England)
Let me continue the story .... The house in France was chosen. The house in England had a buyer. It was all supposed to be in place for...
Julia Stevens
May 4, 20184 min read


Moving to France ... Part One! ( choosing a French home.)
Living in France is something I have had on my wish list for years, possibly decades. I've lived in 6 countries so far ... Zimbabwe,...
Julia Stevens
Apr 26, 20186 min read


Learning to Love - A Bavarian love story
Sit down, pour yourself a cup of tea, get yourself comfortable and read on as I tell you a story set in a distant land of snow capped...
Julia Stevens
Apr 12, 20188 min read


Spring is here and the mountains are calling to me ...
A little video clip of Sweden in the Spring went viral last week. It was brilliant because it arrived just in time for the Spring...
Julia Stevens
Mar 22, 20184 min read


Rose lipped maidens: Mothers, daughters and all things feminine
Last week I missed out on celebrating International Women's day. I had a hectic day and it all passed me by before I could think about it....
Julia Stevens
Mar 15, 20185 min read


Rome - exploring the roots of my Roman name GiuliA
As I have added years to my life I find myself getting less excited about birthdays, especially my own which hits in the gloomiest month...
Julia Stevens
Mar 8, 20186 min read


Snowfall
So I put in a request for snow in my birthday month, February. I forgot to ask for it to be local! It seems that it takes a huge effort...
Julia Stevens
Mar 1, 20182 min read


History belongs to the intercessors - 24/7 prayer & Red Moon rising
"Those who dance look quite insane to those who can't hear the music." Kris Valloten- Bethel So I had scheduled to write about this photo...
Julia Stevens
Feb 22, 20188 min read


Miracles, healing and how a blind adopted girl gave us Valentines Day!
Above is a photo I took 3 years ago in the middle of a cold snowy February. I was enjoying the snow and decided that it would be fun to...
Julia Stevens
Feb 15, 20186 min read


Dartmoor in the snow
"No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into...
Julia Stevens
Feb 8, 20181 min read


Super Blue Moon - my favourite photos from around the world
So last night the moon was the closest it has been in years. And we had a double showing of the full moon in January which was unique....
Julia Stevens
Feb 1, 20183 min read


Invisible threads - words and images inspired by 'Burns night' in Scotland
Every year Burns night comes and goes and every year I feel a hint of envy that I am not in Scotland.The magical landscape of the...
Julia Stevens
Jan 25, 20183 min read


Namibia - South West Africa
" To inquire into the intricacies of a distant landscape, then, is to provoke thoughts about one’s own interior landscape, and the...
Julia Stevens
Jan 18, 20185 min read


Scandinavian wisdom - you can tell a lot about a person by their log pile!
We had a flurry of snow in the Surrey Hills just after Christmas. With the higher altitude snow falls and remains on the ground slightly...
Julia Stevens
Jan 11, 20183 min read


Jerusalem for New Year's eve
At the end of 2003, the beginning of 2004, I spent New Year's eve in Jerusalem. It was an unusual way to spend such a significant turning...
Julia Stevens
Jan 4, 20184 min read


Memory lane - 2017
Here are my top 10 photo memories from this year in no particular order. * Lavender fields in Sussex. The buzz of bees and smell of...
Julia Stevens
Dec 28, 20173 min read


Christmas traditions
* Cutting the Christmas tree - this would be my favourite thing to do if I hadn't buckled in to the convenience of a fake tree covered in...
Julia Stevens
Dec 21, 20173 min read


Athens - Avenues of orange trees in December
" Travel lays the table for the feast you enjoy sitting still back home. Stillness is the end point of any trip; it's the way you convert...
Julia Stevens
Dec 14, 20176 min read


Getting over my bad attitude towards Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and this year I am not going to be irritable and annoyed at the commercial slant and the deleting of Christ...
Julia Stevens
Dec 7, 20173 min read


Morocco in November
Many moons ago I decided to add some spice to my life in the cold Autumnal months and escape my little English island to go and climb an...
Julia Stevens
Nov 30, 20174 min read
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