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Push your limits safely – exercise without danger

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Flickr Exercise should be a part of your life, especially if you don’t get much opportunity to move around at work. But some people are so keen to start exercising that they end up making mistakes which could damage their health or otherwise injure them. We talk often about the good exercise can do for […]

A space that inspires

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We often find it hard to make space for the things we love. Or, if we do make space, we don’t always give it the amount of love and attention it deserves. Never is this truer than with writers. Making space for writing can be tough. When you’re starting out, your writing journey may be […]

A slacker’s guide to Treasure Island

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  OK, I am not as on track with the Slacker’s Guide than I’d hoped to be. In the same way that only getting half-way up a hill twice does not equal having bagged a Munro, half of Moby Dick plus half of Anna Karenina don’t equal two properly ticked off classics. Ho hum. Maybe […]

Believe in summer in the garden

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  March in the north and it’s still difficult to imagine that balmy summer evenings, let alone short sleeves and bare feet, are even possible. Believe, my friends, believe. Before you know it. Ok, in between six and 10 weeks, I’m fairly sure that it’ll get a bit warmer and we’ll be gazing at the […]

No regrets on Mother’s Day… or any day

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As Mother’s Day looms again – I thought it was time to give this post another airing. How did your mothering go? Are you still in the midst of it, or is it mostly behind you? Were you a success today?   How did you do? Were you any good?    Clearly a successful parenting […]

Keeping healthy at work

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You might be surprised how much your work can have an effect on your health. But it can have a serious impact on your physical and mental health. In fact, a lot of people who end up with colds and coughs have picked up the bugs while they are at work. And a lot of […]

Things women are supposed to like but don’t really

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My son – I’ll bet you don’t give a hoot Years ago I had a boyfriend whose mother used to feed me ice cream, gallons of it. I learned to greet each huge bowl of vanilla with convincing enthusiasm as I slurped it down. I can’t remember where it started, but she believed I adored […]