
Approaching menopause as a childfree woman
By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties, I am definitely approaching menopause. I feel in that ‘peri’ state. Even though I am…
By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties, I am definitely approaching menopause. I feel in that ‘peri’ state. Even though I am…
By Gudrun Cartwright As always, I was fascinated by what happened in Davos this year. If not necessarily encouraged. Donald Trump criticised climate ’prophets of…
By Gudrun Cartwright Today I need to write. For the last few weeks I have been consumed with work. I have written for that purpose,…
By Gudrun Cartwright Will Generation X please stand up? It is time for us to own our power and create a world that works for…
By Gudrun Cartwright What does the term ‘grown up’ bring to mind for you? In a society where growing older is seen as a bad…
By Gudrun Cartwright Having recently had a birthday that makes me closer to 50 than to 40, I am, if we’re honest well into middle age.…
By Gudrun Cartwright I was born in 1972. This means, that by any stretch of the imagination, I am halfway through my life now. Depending…
By Gudrun Cartwright Reasons to be cheerful In my life, I find it so easy to dwell on what’s wrong. To angst over the small…
By Gudrun Cartwright At the weekend I was out cycling in the New Forest. It was a beautiful day and all was well with my…
One of the many things that I connect with in permaculture, is that ‘edges are where the action is’. I have spent my whole life…