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
Work Life Balance
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
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
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
Dots and Dashes
I don’t have time for that. I’m so busy. Flat out. Back to back. Chokka.
Or: If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.
Time management is an art. Maybe it’s an art and a science! > Read more
Interview with Yanyan Ji
Twenty-eight refugees from Afghanistan
From Michael Mettler, Architect, Zürich. Furniture website at www.maude.info.
Yesterday I encountered a group of 28 refugees from Afghanistan on a train. After some initial hesitation, they started to unwrap their story, pulling out mobile phones and showing images > Read more