…is 42. So says Deep Thought in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I think Douglas Adams had a point though, because what I observed in my year as a 42 year old will stay with me for the rest of my life. The back end of 2019 had plenty of WTF moments, but the […]
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The Domino Effect
Have you ever noticed the domino effect in your own life? You know, where one thing happens and then it triggers another thing, which sets off another thing and maybe the initial change was tiny but by the end the change has been huge? In The Power of Habit we met Lisa Allen, who changed […]
The Mid Year Review
I don’t think anybody would disagree that 2020 has been a pretty weird year thus far. We had the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, locusts in Africa, global pandemic and probably the biggest surge in consciousness around racism since the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Much of it has happened against a backdrop of lockdown, […]
Captain’s Log – Week 13 – Mission Report
This week has featured a rollercoaster or two. Tilly had no sooner been offered a place back at school than the building was flooded and the damage is so bad they’ve had to close until “industrial” works can be carried out. The weird thing is that until the opportunity presented itself, I had no thoughts […]
Captain’s Log – Week 12 – Mission Report
Have we reached the half way point, I wonder? This week we had the news that the government had finally listened and accepted that it was logistically impossible for all primary kids to get back to school with social distancing etc. So, we’re probably looking at September, but even that may be part time. I […]
Strangled by Semantics? #BLM
One of the most liberating things about this past week for me has been the permission to just start. The permission to speak up, in full knowledge and acceptance that I am going to fuck up along the way, but that it’s infinitely preferable to sitting quietly waiting to be perfect. Done is better than […]
Black Lives Matter
It has been a horrific few months for black people. I’ve seen this perspective. In truth, it has been a dangerous world for black people for centuries. Who made it dangerous? White people. Who keeps it dangerous? White people. Who can change it? Yup, you guessed it, White People. I’m an ally. I know I’m […]
Doorstep Photoshoots
I saw a question posted in one of the many groups of which I am a member on Facebook. The poster asked: Hi all. Just wanting to get some thoughts on ‘doorstep branding shoots’. So for people not wanting to venture out still but thinking of needing images. Not confined to doorstep but would be adhering […]