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the sweet wine of success

join me for the eleventh in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading the sweet wine of success

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 16, 2026May 15, 2026Leave a comment
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we can be heroes

join me for the tenth in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading we can be heroes

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 9, 2026May 9, 20262 Comments
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Ignored Explorer

What happens when you over-identify with one side of yourself? There’s an explorer in all of us, sometimes it just gets ignored. Continue reading Ignored Explorer

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 6, 20261 Comment
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hello, cowgirl in the sand

join me for the eighth in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading hello, cowgirl in the sand

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesApril 25, 2026Leave a comment
Coffee Off the Clock

now i know how joan of arc felt

join me for the seventh in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading now i know how joan of arc felt

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesApril 19, 2026April 19, 2026Leave a comment
Coffee Off the Clock

let’s do some living

join me for the first in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate & following my writing dreams. Continue reading let’s do some living

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMarch 7, 2026March 20, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

We’re afraid to be wise

Have you ever had a monk make a fool out of you on your way to work ? Well, I did. My 20s were a crash course in everything that could go wrong, and what I discovered wasn’t perfection or performance, but the quiet, messy power of living honestly. Continue reading We’re afraid to be wise

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesFebruary 19, 2026February 19, 2026Leave a comment
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Play the Fool

All great things began with a trying fool. Continue reading Play the Fool

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesFebruary 6, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

Bells Between Barga

A poem that reflects on cross-cultural love using soft, impressionist imagery and intentional symbols across nations. Partly inspired by Giovanni Pascoli’s L’ora Di Barga. Continue reading Bells Between Barga

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJanuary 9, 2026Leave a comment
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The Bird of Madonna

Ailsa Gillies reflects on the mother-child bond through the eyes of a bird after visiting the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence. The Bird of Madonna is a soft reflection on how a mother’s devotion can become self-sacrificial, until the child learns to tend its own wounds. Continue reading The Bird of Madonna

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesDecember 26, 2025Leave a comment

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