It is apt that my previous post was about writing a book, since that is what has kept me from updating this blog. I’ve realised that every activity I undertake becomes a new website plus all accompanying social media accounts.> Read more
Here’s to a creative and productive 2017!
After regular writing and then a couple of sporadic, painful posts a few months ago, it’s time for a more positive catch up for 2017.
The dark water creature of grief has gone back to its cold depths, where it > Read more
The water creature
The funeral was yesterday. The sun shone brightly, putting Wiltshire’s landscape in sharp relief with the overexposed colours of autumn.
In the morning I had discovered that waterproof mascara works on eyelashes already wet with tears.
In the last post > Read more
Death is so fucking weird
I haven’t written here for quite a while. It’s a blog about work life balance so I suppose that a death is a good reason to pick up and write a post again.
My goddaughter lost her father, Christopher, three > Read more
Happy First Birthday!
The dogs just turned one! The puppies were in a litter of 10, most of which are still in the area near here, so with the efforts of Sunny’s mother’s owner (dog grandma?), 9 of the 10 puppies, their mother > Read more
Space to make decisions
In the US there is a test called the SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Test) which some kids prepare for by buckling down on vocabulary and math studies. Here in the UK there is the 11+ for children who are changing > Read more
The shirt on my back
The main sector I have worked in for more than twenty years is fashion. Branding, graphic and digital design, helping people start and grow their businesses – lots of fun and creative work. On a personal level, I am interested > Read more
Time Out
Two whole weeks free with nothing planned: perfect! I can finally catch up on my photo organisation, ancestry research, house tidying, the next category of KonMari, cleaning out the art cupboard and the kids’ school drawers, writing posts > Read more
Animal Fear
One morning this week I decided to walk with Sunny at Shardeloes, where there is a beautiful path in a field alongside a lake, with views of the historic house at the top of a hill. I had been there > Read more
AI Weiwei’s new perspectives
Nothing says new perspective like a table with two legs up on a wall! Before going to the Ai Weiwei show at the Royal Academy, I hadn’t seen any of his pieces in person. It’s a powerful show which > Read more