That’s Just How I Roll
Because Life Doesn’t Wait For You
Life doesn’t wait for you. It doesn’t seek you out and tell you about all the amazing things that COULD happen to you. It just HAPPENS and you’re either there in the moment, or you’re not. Life happens to you when you’re out there doing and being and feeling. When you go out and be … Continue reading
Of truth and beauty
But I, being, poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Of a Northern Disposition
Once upon a time in this life, I lived in the North. At first I hated it. It was big and brash and bold and was the opposite of everything I’d known, but I grew to love it. Its openness, its wildness, the people who opened their hearts before their mouths, and rarely let me … Continue reading
To Adventure, Excitement and EXTRAORDINARY dreams
Here’s to 2011, a year of adventure, excitement and fulfilment of some extraordinary dreams. If 2010 was a year of losing myself, then 2011 is to be a year of finding myself again. 2010 was supposed to be a year of relaxation. A year of kicking back and giving myself time to recharge but things … Continue reading
In which I would like to hibernate
It would be fair to say that I am not a winter person. Not in the slightest, tiniest bit. I don’t like snow, I loathe the continual leaden skies and feeling of overwhelming misery and heaviness that comes with it, and I dislike having to put on nearly my entire wardrobe before beginning to feel … Continue reading
A life not for the faint-hearted
An open missive to those of narrow mind and faint heart: What did you hope to achieve in your determination to define? Did you hope to cut me down into smaller and smaller pieces until I was small enough not be a threat, so that you could label the microscopic pieces of me and examine … Continue reading
Knowing where you’re going is half the battle to getting there
Have you ever found yourself doing something you don’t want to do, being less than you really are just to keep the peace, and feel so worn out and so lost that you’ve almost lost the sense of who you are and the energy it takes to turn around and find your way? Well that’s … Continue reading
A Note To My Teenage Self
Were you one of the popular kids when you were at school? Uh-huh. One of the girls who hung around in cliques, making nasty comments about everyone else and generally trying to make them feel inferior so you could feel better aboout your own flaws? Yeah, this post isn’t for you. Go back to whatever … Continue reading
Change the world in 4 years
I’m pretty used to applying myself to a bit of well-articulated navel gazing but for today’s blog post I want to talk about something a little different. A couple of months ago, I found myself following a link from a re-tweet on Twitter about an organisation called FOURYEARS.GO and watched a video on their mission … Continue reading
In which I want a tattoo
I’ve wanted a tattoo for years, since a friend mentioned it in passing. Of course, that simple throwaway comment led to a very long coffee break in which we discussed ideas of what design, where, I wonder how much it hurts and I wonder what it costs. Since those days, I’ve still considered it. The … Continue reading
Mother’s Day … I wonder?
I’ve been in two minds whether to blog about this. Truth be told, I’m still not sure so I’m typing word by word with no idea if I’ll hit publish at the end of this or not. Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand recently, you couldn’t have missed the fact that it’s … Continue reading
Exceptional People Hide In The Most Unlikely Places
Yesterday afternoon, I found myself in a pub in Wolverhampton, celebrating a friend’s birthday with a couple of old friends, and was absolutely STRUCK by how EXCEPTIONAL they are. Looking at our table of laughing, joking, gesticulating you wouldn’t have seen anything out of the ordinary, just a group of fun, happy, well balanced people. … Continue reading
When I grow up, I want to rule the world…
I can’t really deny bring a grown-up for much longer, despite my enduring fantasy that I am four years old and have been for the last 26 years. The evidence is beginning to mount up. The stripes of grey hair winging their way out from my temples, the lines fanning out from my eyes when … Continue reading
Dog Days
Gosh, it’s been a busy few days. I’ve had friends and dogs over, and been enjoying the house and the wild and windy weather outside. There are few things in life more invigorating and refreshing than wandering outside in the wild winter weather, with dogs that get excited at every small thing you see. I … Continue reading
Hitting the Bottle …
An acquaintance popped round earlier on this week, bearing as a gift, a bottle of plonk, which has rather inspired the musings for this post. Contrary to its title, this post is less about drinking and more about abstinence, for I personally am not a big drinker. To those who knew me at University, this … Continue reading
Lovers in a dangerous time: Dating in your late twenties
May I be frank? … I’ll take that as a yes. If you are muttering ‘no’ at the computer right now, knowing what’s coming you’d better turn away now. You’re probably right. Dating as your approach your thirties is a hazardous experience. Let’s be honest, dating as a fresh-faced, dewy-eyed youngster was no bundle of … Continue reading