Hello, and welcome.
I’m Shona, and this is Notes from Stillness — a quiet space for books, thoughts, and everyday reflections.
I began this blog at a time when life became slower than I had planned, and quieter than I expected. Ill health has a way of changing the landscape of a life. After time on dialysis, two strokes, and the long work of recovery, I have found myself learning how to rebuild not only routines, but confidence, identity, and hope.
This space is part of that rebuilding.
You’ll find notes here on books worth lingering over, reflections on healing and resilience, the strange business of beginning again, and the ordinary moments that can become unexpectedly precious when life has been shaken.
I do not write as an expert, only as someone living through it — learning patience, discovering gratitude in smaller things, and trying to meet each day with honesty and humour.
There may be thoughtful posts, cheerful ones, occasional frustrations, and the odd wry observation. Recovery, like life, is rarely neat.
If you are navigating change, loss, healing, uncertainty, or simply looking for a gentler corner of the internet, I hope you may feel at home here.
Please make yourself comfortable, take your time, and stay as long as you like.
I’m very glad you’ve arrived.
— Shona
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