Friday Coffee & Cakes #2
In which I reflect on a week without posting.  Which I really might do more often from now on. It’s just all a bit too much sometimes I’m still wrestling with divergent opinions about how often one should post on one’s blog.  If you don’t have anything worth hearing, then don’t say anything at all, right?  Last [...]

Friday Coffee & Cakes
Morning all. It’s a bit wet and grey here today, but I’m feeling good Rubin’s watching CBeebies and I’m just going to grab a coffee and tell you about my week. When I worked in the Business School at Bournemouth University, we always had cream cakes from Ida’s Patisserie on Friday mornings at 11am.  Many days people [...]

Putting the B-word at the Heart of Your Blog
At what point along the journey do we admit that we want our blog to be more than just a hobby, or an outlet for expressing our personal thoughts and ideas? If you’re a crafter or an artist, maybe you’ve thought about selling some of your beautiful creations through your blog.  Maybe you’ve even dared to [...]

If You’re Looking For Proof You’re Likely To Leave Disappointed
In which I reflect on the unpredictability of life and the value of so-called ‘lifetime guarantees’. I’m dipping my toes in the waters of something new right now.  It looks good.  It’s pretty enticing, pretty promising; it could even be very bloody exciting.  Do you see my English-Girl-Reserve at work right now?  But whichever way I [...]

Heroes, Muses & Mirrors
In which I reflect on the terribly English obsession of getting too big for your boots and other cultural idioms, like being brought down a peg or two. This week I got to speak to a real hero of mine. Julia Cameron. Author of The Artist’s Way. The opportunity caught me off guard and completely unprepared. Perhaps [...]