As a teenager, I used to catch the bus home from university every day. If I was lucky, I could catch an early bus, then a second one and be dropped almost…
Tag: life
Disconnection and Reconnection
I was relatively verbose about taking a true break from this wild streets of the Internet during then holiday season. It took a lot of willpower to work myself towards the place…
Mama Bear One
“Mama Bear One, this is Mama Bear Two, check in” This is how it is in my head, most days. No, that’s how it was. I am Mama Bear One to a…
Thoughts Over Tea
I feel an intense pressure on myself (all self-created, I know and realise) to have some insightful thoughts on turning 35. Normally, ever year, I take a little time out to reflect…
Adages and Inadequacies
I know, I know. You know that old adage… “The shoemaker’s children are never shod”. It’s true. As the world has swirled up and I write more and more for everywhere else…
The Spring Jump
Spring always brings with this funny, lovely sense of renewal, like we shed winter’s baggage and move on to new things. It sounds trite but it’s true, for me, at least. …
life is… the great editor.
I’ve just finished off my work for the week and am settling down for a little quiet night to myself. But, maybe, just for a minute, I’d like to just write, just…
be your own cheerleader.
This morning, as dawn broke and Facebook came alive with almost everyone posting about their return to work…I realized something. There’s a bunch of people starting new things, flying out on their…
ten rules for recuperating.
I tweeted this today. I also tweeted this today. It got me thinking. At the time I mentioned in the first tweet you see, I firmly believed my life was over, forever….
Funny thing, life.
Three years ago today, I went out to dinner. I laughed so much, discovered a mind that shared many of my common interests (including Weird Al and required phone fiddling timeperiods during…