Laura in Lombardy

15/02/2026

As we are half way through the second month of a new year, there must be some kind of rhythm or pattern you are noticing in your days?

Mine has been a need to increase tenderness, as well as intentionality - that is doing things, well everything, with more intention, aware that other people have their own intentions too. Not setting an intention for everything I do, which seems to also be a thing at the moment, but doing things with more intention - perhaps it's better to say with more attention to the present moment.

What words come to mind for you?

https://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2026/02/intentional-tenderness.html

Musings, crochet, creations and poetry collated by an English teacher living, learning and teaching in Lombardy.

13/11/2025

I managed another bite of a 12 minute video today!

https://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2025/11/slowly-eating-elephant.html

31/10/2025

Resilience...is it something you have? https://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2025/10/an-easy-win.html

22/06/2025

It's been a while since I managed to sit down and put together a post, mainly due to the end of the academic year drawing to an end.

So here's a metaphor that is helping me work out what's going on...

http://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2025/06/sharing-raft.html

13/04/2025

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Which means even our biggest dreams aren't big enough...!

Musings, crochet, creations and poetry collated by an English teacher living, learning and teaching in Lombardy.

05/03/2025

Lent is often viewed as a journey, and after attending an Ash Wednesday Eucharist, the importance of curiosity came to mind, and how curiosity can be perceived.

http://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2025/03/curiosity.html

05/01/2025

Starting 2025 by focusing on listening, and learning how to listen well, listen better and be a great listener!

Musings, crochet, creations and poetry collated by an English teacher living, learning and teaching in Lombardy.

29/09/2024

A weekend adventuring to Savona inspired a short poem with just 9 words.

http://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2024/09/waves.html

22/09/2024

A crochet update: up levelling the storage for my Mum's Wingspan pieces!

Always a fan of board games, Wingspan is a good one for any bird lovers and strategy game enthusiasts. The pattern for the drawstring bag could work as a container for any board game with little counters.

Musings, crochet, creations and poetry collated by an English teacher living, learning and teaching in Lombardy.

30/06/2024

I have stopped reading any news sources for a few weeks now. I have to every so often otherwise I get fixated on situations that are completely out of my control at the detriment of things that are in my circles of influence. When I don't tune in to news sources I have to trust that if something is really important, it will find a way to get through to me.

In the mean time, I try and process my sadness by writing.

http://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2024/06/an-unedited-lament.html

21/03/2024

As Spring draws nearer and ski session comes to an end, here's a throwback to March 2012 and my first time cross country skiing. This particular video always makes me laugh!

http://laurainlombardy.blogspot.com/2012/03/am-i-from-small-island-in-england