I used to do the oddest thing when I was a teenager. On the cusp of a new year, I would record my resolutions and the top one was always ‘to be happy’. I laboured under the misapprehension that being happy was a feeling conjured out of thin air without any causality to the feelings …
Merry Christmas
Have a very Merry and safe Christmas and thank you for reading my blog. I appreciate all my readers who stop by.
Describe your midlife self in 5 words
Having to describe yourself must be one of life’s excruciating moments. It is always easier to see the best and worst in others which is why a good gossip is so satisfying. By contrast, the way one sees oneself varies from day to day and, sometimes, hour to hour. On menopausal days, I am devoid …
You know that your kids are home for Xmas because…
There are a myriad of words that could complete the sentence of my headline title but none would come close to the landscape of chaos and unpredictability that is beyond description when your children return home for Christmas. In the run up to Christmas which starts in September/October/November – delete as appropriate depending on which …
Rediscovering my love of board games
I had quite subconsciously forgotten the joys of board games. Silly me. Sitting around a board game with the anticipation of having fun for hours ahead was a simple pleasure of life. Then I stopped because other things took precedence and got in the way. My pile of board games collected dust and became lost …