I’m so full of good intentions at the moment, but between work, kids, cat and chores (all of which are of course worthy and important), yesterday I achieved nothing at all in my great quest for creativity. I didn’t even manage to write a blog post, which to be honest has otherwise become second nature […]

Today I was up at six and ready to spring into action to start getting on with my new life! But you know how it is….the best laid plans… It was an indescribably disgusting morning. Sleet. Yuk. Rain I can do, snow I can do, but sleet? No thank you! It looked like it would […]

Today was a shockingly lousy day – dark with lashing rain. This morning I worked like a trooper trying to get through the laundry and clean the house ready for the start of the new and beautiful regime tomorrow. I can’t remember having looked forward to a Monday so much for ages and I’ve cleared […]

Somehow this year I seem to be desperate for spring to arrive. We haven’t had a particularly hard winter – it’s barely snowed since Christmas, but December was frigid and snowy and so maybe it just seems longer. Or maybe because I spent so much time homebound it gave me more time to notice. Whatever […]

Today I spent quite a lot of time skiing alone. Something I don’t do very often, but it was quite delightful. Cold, bright, great snow….and what I wasn’t expecting, lots of peaceful thinking time on long drag lifts on my own in the sunshine. I have to say it was a bit of a revelation. […]