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I am not the perfect listener but I do try. I have learned listening skills over the years and I try to listen actively and openly, although when my life is moving at a million miles an hour, I admit that I can be guilty of letting my mind race when I should be concentrating […]

The Fifty Something Nobody Learning Journey   I have said this many times but curiosity is what, I think, makes us human. Here is another stunner – we remain human until we die unless we crush our curiosity – discuss.   OK, if you insist, I will. In many places around the world, societies revere

That’s it then! I have permission, yes, ‘reading is fuel’ so I can read lots and lots and lots. I have always been an avid reader. From Mr Pinkwhistle’s Party (Enid Blyton) all the way through to Labyrinth (Kate Mosse) which I have just finished for the second time. I always have multiple books on

Help! I need someone…or do I? I am writing a book for the first time. I am not going to write one, I have not written one, I am actually in the middle of writing a book NOW. In fact, I think I may be exactly at the half way point. But the question is

I have just written a letter to myself from the eighty year old version of me. It was very cathartic and even nearly brought me to tears a few times. The letter was private to me but what it did was allow me to focus on what was important in life. As I started to

Life isn’t worth living without my dogs, no really it isn’t but in the space of about seven months we have gone from a one dog household to what is beginning to feel like a rescue centre. To be fair to Dog Two, Pippy Puppy the Border Terrier (or Sunday name – Tiedcott Pipsqueak), was

This isn’t my first entry into this diary but the first one I have chosen to share with the world. I ramble to myself most days using my quill and my leather bound note book as my tools. It was during one of these ramblings I had one of my moments, “Why don’t I share

I have soooo much to do – I don’t know about you? I always do this thing, you know how it goes, “Everything will be much quieter in such a such month, I will do it then”. I am now taking the honesty pill more regularly and it helps me see that there will never

I know everyone will be writing about Queen Elizabeth II and/or King Charles III this week but I had already planned to write something about ‘The Green Writer’. As our new King is a big supporter of saving the earth, I have decided to go ahead with this subject. However, before I go on, I

Let me paint you a picture. As one of my things in life is paint manufacture, I am sure you will indulge me a little illustration. Here is a little story to get us in the mood for the rant that follows….   Far, far away a small, very small woman bustled up the street.