It’s Sunday night and I’m knackered again, but in a much better way than last week. We chose to participate in the Great British Camp Out for NHS Staff last night. Being in possession of neither a tent for the garden nor campervan on the drive, we made a living room den. There are no […]
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Finding a Rhythm
It goes without saying that these are strange and unsettling times. We started our lockdown with excitement and enthusiasm. and then found that we were struggling to get a foothold upon which to build any kind of structure. Go with the flow became the new normal. Turns out, I’m not very good at going with […]
Captain’s Log – Week One – Mission Report
Time has become a vaguery more quickly than I had anticipated. I had every intention of writing my blog for release every Friday, and yet here I am writing it on Sunday. And I know it’s Sunday because my watch tells me so. The same watch that remained on yesterday’s time zone for most of […]
Could quarantine actually be AWESOME?
Let’s all take a deep breath, hold it for five seconds and then let it out. I spoke to a lady in Boots this week who told me she was so scared of the coronavirus situation that she’d woken up crying in the night and was having real trouble concentrating. I spoke to a chap […]
Happy International Day of Awesomeness
Today, I choose to highlight the individual awesomeness of Sue Tappenden. I came home from the office today and found the envelope of Schroedinger’s Feedback. It was brilliant and life affirming and devastating all at the same time, until it was opened. It was from Sue. Her handwritten notes all over the first draft of […]
Here’s to Totally Awesome Women
Our book club read for February was The History of the World in 21 Women by Jenni Murray. She made her selection from a diverse pool of cultures and time periods. She both introduced me to women I had never heard of (Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Dowager Empress Cixi and Wangari Maathai) and enlightened me on a […]
The Vital Importance of Maintenance
Bear with? Among the many hats I wear and plates I spin, I manage a building and the enterprise hub it houses. Over the past few months, we have been experiencing the joys of the rain (that has barely stopped for breath since September) inside the building as well as out. When I started in […]
Has your January been endless?
Who else has spotted these memes all over social media about how January is such an endless month? Are you feeling the same way? Or are you wondering what they’re complaining about, because January is flying by in a flash and you’ve still got things you want to get done before January 31st? I posted […]