Winning minutes
What a landmark – this week I won the twigs at my monthly networking meeting, for best elevator pitch.
Read MoreHappy birthday Wordfairy
Wordfairy is a year old this month. There’ll be no cake, it doesn’t fit the new health regime. And there’s no room for a party, as we already had a small one back in June
Read MoreKensal skies
This is the hashtag I give to all the photos i’ve taken of Kensal Rise, an area I lived in for almost two years, up until two days ago.
Read MoreFitness goals
We’re all a bit exhausted in the WF house, for several reasons:
Read MoreTaxing chores
I stayed up late last night getting my invoices and expenses in order. Well, I say “I” stayed up late, but really it was Mr Fairy, the one person in the house with any financial common-sense.
Read MoreBeingFifty
At yesterday’s meeting of my networking group, I used my one-minute elevator pitch to draw typical Gemini attention to the fact that my 50th birthday was today.
Read MoreGuest blogging
An increasing part of my work is to do with spreading the good news about blogging: in talks and online I can be heard stressing the importance of keeping your blog up to date with fresh, crisp content.
Read MoreWorking from home: how to avoid the biscuit tin
It’s such a mainstream concept now, the home office thing, and those three little words are firmly built into common office parlance (though the acronym WFH still needs a bit of explaining to some people alarmed by its oddly blunt appearance).
Read MoreMums, history & breakfast tea
I do wonder, as the day comes round each year, whether we should just call today Parents Day, since not everyone is in a position to celebrate today’s seemingly special date in the way the world seems to want them to.
Read MoreMaking tracks: tunes to run to
We all have an encouraging, motivational friend who gets us up and out when we need a bit of a prompt.
Read MoreWordfairy Q&A
Have just done a Q&A for a client’s website, and it was so much fun that I wished I could do my own.
Read MoreLove stories
Plenty is written about love, and double the amount on this day of the year, Valentine’s Day, when hearts and flowers are in every shop window, raining the pink stuff down whether you’re in the market for that kind of thing or not.
Read MoreEveryone needs a sad mix
If I have gifted anything to our son it’s a true respect for music.
Read MoreFacebook: discuss
There’s been much chatter lately about whether or not Facebook is still alive, and I do wonder myself sometimes. In many ways, and especially since the advent of the social media monster that is Instagram, it’s a smaller circle than it was before.
Read MoreWhy working from home is better in winter
Minus one outside, warm as toast inside, it’s not rocket science - working from home is so much better in arctic conditions. Here’s why I love winter writing:
Read MoreScreen time
There can’t be many people in the developed and modern world for whom those two words don’t throw up debate.
Read MoreBack in business
As much as I didn’t want Christmas to end, there was always a point at which I had to come out from under the festive blanket.
Read MoreReading resolutions
The best way to deal with New Year resolutions, I find, is simply not to have any. I’ve got a huge reading list instead.
Read MoreSprint to the finish (Happy New Year) →
Here’s Mr Fairy earlier on today, leading me up another steep trudge on the last day of the year.
Read MoreChristmas gift
I have a Christmas thank you to send to write…
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