When I was planning my trip to America I felt like a bit of a spendthrift.  I mean, how many ordinary people get to go to the USA, and especially at this point in time when so many are struggling to make ends meet?  It seems somehow less extravagant to say ‘I’m going to Turkey’, [...]

This is one of the longest breaks I have had between posts so far.  We have been putting a pond in at home and it has swallowed up much more time than I expected it to. We have a small pond already, and each year the fish increase in numbers and the babies grow ever [...]

Since I started the Masterclass some fantastic things have happened.  I could not be more pleased with the way this course has gone for me, both in terms of the people I have met, the work I have done and the amazing amount of things I have learnt. One other thing I have been doing [...]

I don’t usually include pre-written content in my blog posts but I have just been sent something by a friend that I would like to share with you, my loyal blog readers.  It is called ‘Stone’. ‘Two friends were walking through the desert.  During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one [...]

Actually it was a choice of that title or ‘I don’t need viagra’, and I thought that one might cause too many odd ads from adsense.  The fact that I’ve mentioned it in the body of the text might still subject me to that (and you, the readers!).  Maybe I am getting the hang of [...]

One of the things I may not have mentioned yet on my blog is that I am a big Star Trek fan.  I can totally absorb myself in the ‘alien’ theory.  There is so much we do not know about what else is out there.  If you haven’t visited my good friend John McNally’s blog [...]

Three things happened this week that prompted me to write this post about the importance of friends.  The first was an email comment made to me by an inspired writer, Susan Owen-Thursfield (you can see what I mean about her being ‘inspired’ by reading her blog here).  In the email she said ‘every day you [...]

Interestingly I am not talking about your personal image.  If you would like to read a really good post about personal image and style go to Susan Young’s blog and in particluar to the post ‘Image & Style – what’s the difference?‘. What I am talking about is your professional image, the image you portray [...]

Life – but not as we know it So, blogging is the new ‘it’. I’ve never blogged in my life before but may as well have a go – lots of other people seem to do it. It feels a bit like ‘dear diary’ but without the pen! I am about to embark on a [...]