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on approaching a new year

New Year’s resolutions and I have always had an understanding:

Jan 4 • Carolyn Jones

December 2025

After the Lights Go Out

A poem and a thank you.

Dec 23, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Belief at Christmas

When my children were small, I went out of my way to make Christmas feel enchanted; not polished or perfect, but alive.

Dec 21, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Chapter 15 - The Book Binders

Henry stood framed in the doorway, the light at his back.

Dec 19, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Storming through a battered city,

Dec 16, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Echoes in Marginalia

Dec 14, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Chapter 14 - The Book Binders

Peter and Helen arrived with the smell of morning tea and cold air.

Dec 12, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Beyond this white-picket purgatory,

Dec 9, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Why I Still Believe in the Magic of Christmas

Every year, without fail, something inside me softens as December edges into view.

Dec 7, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Chapter 13 - The Book Binders

Dawn came softly, spilling through the cracks in the curtains like a secret too shy to announce itself.

Dec 5, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

Winter Mornings

I wake to shades of grey,

Dec 2, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

November 2025

On being an extroverted introvert

There’s a particular kind of life you live when you can walk into any room; parents’ evening, a colleague’s dinner party, a loud café, a meeting that…

Nov 30, 2025 • Carolyn Jones

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