I wanted to put together some resources for writers.  Just lately I’ve found myself giving out lots of advice to aspiring writers, both people who I know and contacts that have found me online and learned that I’ve written a couple of books.  It’s always nice to know someone who has ‘been there done that’ […]

002 Today is World Smile Day (1st October 2021) and it doesn’t take much to make me smile. A sunny day, some upbeat music or remembering something a friend said can trigger a grin. If something has really tickled me then I can smile and have a chuckle over and over again weeks later! Of […]

Family Driving in the Vauxhall Ampera. On this 6 week trial run of the car, I’ve mainly used the vehicle for short journeys about town – usually the school run and supermarket! But now we have been for a weekend break in the car so I can give you a better idea of what it […]

001 There are two types of time: Chronos and kairos. Chronos is the minutes, hours and days. The clock face, the routines the schedules. It is the time we all live in. Kairos is metaphysical. It is God’s time. A moment, a destiny.  It is an ancient Greek word meaning ‘the opportune moment’.  It is […]

001 I’m a mother. My eldest is a teenage girl. I was once myself a teenage girl. So I can tell you with absolute authority having been there myself and parenting a teenager now that just because a child has the body of an adult, it doesn’t mean they are one. We look at adults […]