Spirit in the sky
I went to two funerals this week. One for a favourite uncle, held in his sunny back garden in south London – a joyous and beautiful day.
Read MoreOnline mingling
Q: Online networking is all well and good, but is there a limit to how many people you can meet during one session?
Read MoreLockdown in reverse
I’m reluctant to speak too soon about fully coming out of lockdown, even though it seems like that’s already happened.
Read MoreThe 10 pillars of Mum
I think that, as this is my website, I can pretty much write what I like. So I have done.
Read MoreCopywriting: putting on a show
You will often hear journalists talk about the eclectic nature of their work: it’s why we love what we do.
Read MoreNetworking online: an interview with Athena's Sophie Fleming
For many people life has been far from ‘business as usual’ since the coronavirus locked the world away, but it didn’t take long (for those of us who were able) to develop new ways of working.
Read MoreLove in the time of corona: happy birthday sis
If there’s one good reason for having a socially distanced doorstep meeting today
Read More5 hippy ballads for long lockdowns
It's a little known fact – or possibly hugely obvious – that I'm a not-so-old hippy at heart.
Read MoreSpecial deliveries
In these weird lockdown times, trusted suppliers have never been more important
Read MoreWorking from home: the new normal
Plenty has been blogged, posted and twitted, of late, about working from home, but I spy a gap in the market.
Read MoreJust a minute
Usually I go on about the things that I can do, but there are some things that just won’t ever work for me
Read MoreMatching pairs: I [heart] networking
First rule of Networking Club (ours, at least) is that we don’t duplicate professions:
Read MoreAn apology for the new decade
I’m starting the new year with a 10-foot tall ‘sorry’ sign: a cat or dog-shaped sign, depending on your persuasion, and it applies to a large number of people but mainly goes out to our son, who I feel I have let down considerably of late.
Read MoreDear Christmas…
Spoke to Dad just now. He was three quarters of the way through his Christmas card list and wilting slightly.
Read MoreThe book club
I’ve just started a book club over on FB. I had asked for Kindle recommendations and was immediately swamped by a high tide of suggestions.
Read MoreChristmas pud meditation time
Why do I write so much about baking (and sometimes running), when this is essentially a words website?
Read MoreTrick AND treat
Spooks and frights come out tonight for that dark and eerie ritual known as Hallowe’en. In the leafy northern heights of London’s Hampstead, this annual event has turned into a proper festival.
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