It isn’t so much the cooking, as the decision making process beforehand. Deciding what to cook for dinner. I find it hard to get inspired when I’ve had a busy day… cooking dinner becomes a chore, not a pleasure. And watching Nigella Feasts last night I was struck again by how sensual she makes the [...]

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Once upon a time, I read voraciously. It wasn’t unheard of for me to read a couple of books a week, fitted in between kids and work and house and marriage and all that goes into a busy life. But that was before a) I started my own business, b) that business gave me a [...]

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“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” -Robert Heinlein I disagree! I don’t think it is lazy to look for an easier way to do things at all! In this century, we’ll all running around like headless chooks trying to make ends meet. Life seems to get faster and [...]

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Life has sped up so much lately – lots of fingers in lots of pies, lots of lists and things I’d just love to do if only I could find the time. Of course, the home renovations add significantly to my busyness – probably more than I ever realised they would, having never renovated a [...]

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Syncronicity is one of those things you don’t go looking for – it sneaks up in front of you and then, bam!, it hits you right between the eyes. There has been a lot of syncronicity in my life lately. I don’t really know what to put it down to except a ‘quickening’… that point [...]

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One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole. – Gandhi I have been so full of fear about what success might do to my life and my family that I have been holding back. Afraid to go for it. Afraid [...]

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  After a long summer holiday, with plenty of time spent at the beach and in the pool, relaxing and spending time with my family, I am just now getting out of holiday mode and back into my normal skin (yes, the white, freckled, red-head skin I was cursed blessed with). It has been a [...]

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Hmm… good thing you can’t actually hear me sing that title, me thinks… A couple of weeks ago (although it seems a lot longer – it WAS last year, after all), I wrote a post about What I learned this year… got to a whole 30 items!  It was in response to a writing challenge [...]

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At Instigator Blog, Ben Yoskovitz is asking us to join in a group writing project by looking back in time and asking the question "What did you learn this year?" As this has been a huge year for me, I figured I was probably up for the challenge, although I am sure my list will [...]

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Less than two weeks to Christmas… How’re you doing? With SOXS as a significant focus this festive season, I’ve been focussed on my own preparations, my reactions and feelings in a different way this year. It’s been an extremely busy couple of months, and I knew I had to fit Christmas in there somewhere, but [...]

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