Today I was up before TUT, the daily message from the Universe which arrives every day at just after 8.15. During my gap year, I haven’t been up in the dark for a while, perhaps at all. So it was a delightful surprise to see the moon, my favourite thing of all time, hanging in the sky above beautiful downtown Streatham Hill, almost full it was too. So what am I doing up so early today? Waiting for Russell the handyman to fix my curtain pole which has been hanging off the living room wall and to fix the dripping [...]
My Bounteous Tomato Crop 2011
During my gap year I have been dabbling with a spot of gardening. This constitutes booking the gardener and discussing the overall plan with him whilst washing up his tea-stained cups. Asking friends to plant geraniums on my birthday in April, which I am still enjoying today. Buying hanging baskets and replacing them when they die off due to my lack of watering commitment. And planting six bags of tomatoes with Sharon and Nicola against all advice. Here’s what happened. Nicola was given eight tomato plants for free at Charing Cross railway station. Ben grew three tomato plants from seeds [...]
How Do You Let Your Labels Limit You?
What are the labels you use to describe yourself? Here are some of mine. I’m middle aged. A woman. An accountant. A coach. A writer. A Creator. An optimist. A cat-lover. Single. I am fearful of physical challenges, e.g. ski-ing because I might break something. I’m a starter, not a completer-finisher. Generally – but not exlusively – the things I am prepared to call myself liberate me to be and do more. That’s the optimist speaking. But it does work both ways. A label can be both empowering and disempowering to the extent that we give power to the words we use to [...]
Shaken and Stirred by the Sunday Papers
When I was a teenager, I flirted briefly with the idea of becoming a journalist. Also with becoming a musician. I haven’t regretted my decision not to take up either. Before bankers and estate agents, journalists were pretty reviled. As a teen and well into my twenties, I used to think being well read in the newspaper department meant you were well informed, with a good grasp of what was going on in the world. The older, more cynical and increasingly world-weary me soon realised that wasn’t true. The first time I was actually in a story which was reported in the papers and [...]
Reflections on Friendship
When I go to bed at night I count my blessings, often listing them in my Gratitude Journal. And I notice the thing I list most is the names of the people I am fortunate to have in my life. When it comes to friends, I am a millionaire. I am awash with them, rolling in hordes of gorgeous gems. Some are transient, just passing through for a while to teach me something, and some last forever. My oldest friend I met when I was eleven, in 1966, and we are still pals to this day though our closeness has [...]
Thoughts About Winning – Maybe This Time?
I don’t think of myself as a winner. Two reasons. Firstly I don’t compete much, and secondly I was brought up to believe that it’s the taking part that counts. Remember that old chestnut? But on the rare occasion when it does happen, it’s a wonderful feeling, isnt it? Last night my favourite candidate, the deliciously under-confident, delightful Jo won The Great British Bakeoff. People are saying this is the surprise runaway TV programme of the summer. All I can say is where were you lot last year? Doh. Us early adopters spotted this one a mile off! Anyway, Jo had [...]
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