Hello, I'm Hester
Between the Dots is a journal dedicated to the quiet beauty found in ordinary moments. A space to share glimmers of light and hope, discover the world, and not shy away from tough questions. Welcome. I hope you’ll find yourself at home between these stories of things we tend to overlook.
table of contents
- ......................................... quiet beauty
- ...................................... simple recipes
- ............................................ slow travel
- ....................................... sustainability
- ................................................... health
- ............................................... Theology
- ................................ on being a woman
- ............................................... marriage
- .............................................. thoughts
It's a strange experience to be a visitor in a place you called home for fifteen years. While it still feels very familiar, not much is the same any more. Where once it was impossible to cycle through the city without being greeted by at least one familiar face, we now strolled through town for hours without bumping into anyone. ...
Once again, I’m trying to make it through the day on just three hours of sleep. Simply because I dared to set an alarm. One of the greater mysteries in my life is the trauma my body carries around having to wake up early. I won’t sleep until a few hours before my alarm is supposed to go off, I ...
The blanket of snow that has covered Aberdeenshire since the start of the year still continues to grow – the end not yet in sight. While I have experienced periods of being snowed in the years since we moved here, this is nothing like it. Life has come to a halt, and apart from the long walk we took on ...
As the snow swirls around our cottage, turning down the volume of the world by covering it in a thick blanket of marshmallow-like flakes, I sit down behind my desk, wrapped in a woollen shawl, surrounded by burning candles. I open my laptop for the first time in ten days. Being away from my computer and my phone to celebrate ...
