2016 has been a fairly good year of reading for me so far. Up until the end of this week I have managed to read thirteen books. Considering I managed a rather feeble twenty books for the year in 2015, this is almost a blistering start. I could not give a good reason for the…
I was catching up with my Podcast listening after the mayhem of February and settling in of this month. It was while listening to my favourite ladies at the Happier podcast that it occurred to me some mindfulness would be a good thing to add to my life. And, most importantly, it wouldn’t require a…
WARNING: Today’s post is VERY long. Get comfortable or skip down to TL;DR. 😉 Today’s blog post is brought to you by a desire to change. Change, that inevitable yet seemingly untameable verb. We bandy it about quite a bit, and aspire to get some sort of solid grip on it but often come off…
I thought I’d drop in and give a quick update on my current cycle of being back in to using Morning Pages as a mind-clearing device. I’ve been using the website I mentioned in my earlier post, morningpages, and so far it is sticking. I had a brief moment tonight when I realised I hadn’t…
My latest book review is up over at the 1001 Books blog. It’s a perennial favourite by Jane Austen – Emma. I was finally brave and tackled an Austen. I first read them as a teenager and loved them. I think I’ve watched every BBC adaptation of her work since that time too. I can…
I could have sworn that I had spoken at length about my favourite help-mate when my head becomes overwhelmed with life, but on searching the blog I find that I have seemingly mentioned it only in passing comments. Well today I plan to rectify that. Every now and then life gets to having a bit…
That is the question. For today. First off, my apologies for going AWOL this past week and a bit. We headed off on a road trip to see family on the Friday before last, and when the kids and I got home the following Monday I finally came down with the lurgy that had been…
In light of the youngsters in the family coming down with a nasty cold, it’s going to be a bit of a lightweight post here today. My latest book review was posted over at t’other blog yesterday. It was a very old favourite of mine, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. You know the…
The world has been a pretty horrible place lately, and in more than one location around the globe. It’s also been a bit more so in plain view than usual. It’s very easy to lose faith in humanity on the back of repeated awfulnesses. Luckily I stumbled on to a lovely artist who is doing…
