According to the internet, the Yew Tree symbolises death and rebirth. Given what has happened in my family over the thirteen years my parents have lived in Yew Tree Cottage, there may be some truth in it. We said our goodbyes to her this afternoon, and another family will start building their memories in her […]
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Setting Your Baseline
True friends call you out when you’re talking shit. Am I right? Sometimes it’s a very direct “I love you, but will you listen to yourself?” and sometimes the mirroring is more passive. This week I have been blessed to spend time with a variety of my friends and one key topic has come up […]
Will We, Won’t We, Dosey Do…
I’ve had a lot of conversations this past week about whether we will have another full lockdown or not, and what the alternatives might look like. Social media has shown me people bemoaning the shades of grey in the government’s approach, asking for a full lockdown or nothing, and others who still seem to think […]
Back to Life, Back to Reality
If you’re humming Soul II Soul right now, you’re welcome. You’re probably one of my people 🙂 My friend Jo made me laugh by calling it a Dad thing to randomly break into song when certain words were uttered within earshot – I do it too. All the time. Sorry, not sorry. I spent bits […]
Grief Awareness Day – Chadwick and Diana
Today is Grief Awareness Day in the USA. Coming hot on the heels of the shock of Chadwick Boseman’s death, it feels like an appropriate time to share some of my thoughts. Chadwick Boseman was a black actor who, among other roles, brought a black superhero into the mainstream consciousness. His importance to a whole […]
Happiness Happens
August is Happiness Happens Month. Every couple of months, I go through the awareness days sites to see if there are special days that resonate with me upon which to plan my content. There are generally a few random ones that give me a WTF? moment, but then there are gems like this one. I […]
The Meaning of Life
…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 […]
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 […]