Today I am 45. Happy days. In some strange way, forty five feels like a milestone of sorts - the same distance from forty as from fifty - but also, I am so full of joy for where I’m at in life that I spent a lot of my lovely birthday walk this morning crying … Continue reading I’ll Always Wonder About Elvis
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Phase 37 of 829
Well, safe to say the sun is helping. Today I think I may have moved into another phase. I don't believe it to be a completely new, or necessarily 'next' phase. It's just different. Phase 37 of 829, I'm guessing. If breaking an addiction takes 12 steps I can only imagine the number of steps … Continue reading Phase 37 of 829
Our Lights Were Out By 11pm
I felt a strange feeling brewing on New Year's Eve - and it wasn't Christmas-over-indulgence-related. More foreboding. Heavy. I felt grinch-like, throwing the eyes up like Ebenezer Scrooge any time I got a message of good New Year cheer. Bah, humbug. Our lights were out by 11pm. I was wondering if middle-age cynicism, which I'm … Continue reading Our Lights Were Out By 11pm
Take The Whole ‘Hashtag Blessed’ Thing
Today is Thanksgiving, probably one of the loveliest holidays there is. It has all the best elements of any celebration - food, family, friends, along with a big high five for all the good things that have come to pass. A day for genuine gratitude without the now-customary commercial highjacking, which is saying a lot … Continue reading Take The Whole ‘Hashtag Blessed’ Thing
The Dignity of Work
Is there anyone more important than the one who serves you a hot coffee, with a smile and one of those divine teeny-tiny buttery biscuits on the side? Or the clued-in shop assistant who jumps on the free till because they can see you're weighed down and weighing up the merits of continuing to wait. … Continue reading The Dignity of Work
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