First things first, nothing horrible has happened and everything is rather fine at the moment. I just wanted to see if I could catch the feelings in that moment when you hear some awful, life-changing news. When the tears won’t flow. This is the worst day of my life. The sharpest. Every second a pin-sharp, […]
Planning for effective home improvements
While the current circumstances are not the best for getting things done, they do allow time for dreaming. And the best kind of dreaming leads to planning and, eventually, to the dreams coming true. Spending so much time at home creates lots of opportunity to think about what you would do to improve your house, […]
Happy Birthday Boy Two
Hurrah for me – today I got my second child to technical adulthood. Boy Two turned 18. I’m a tremendous mother, only one more to go. This will undoubtedly be a memorable birthday because instead of the usual, ahem, first drink in a pub, he’s having a zoom party in his room. He did, however, […]
Five top tips for small business content marketing success
When you run your own business, it’s fairly certain that you’re responsible for everything that helps keep it going. You’ll find yourself as receptionist, cleaner and accountant, and possibly all before you’ve started your actual job. One of the most important roles a small business owner has is that Head of Marketing and Communications. Especially […]
Coronavirus: What I have in common with an oyster
Any noise annoys an oyster and a noisy noise annoys an oyster most. The stress of this coronavirus business is getting to us all, apparently. Around the world, those of us not on the front line of this battle are left stumbling around at home not quite knowing what to do with ourselves. Our amygdala […]
Postcards from Coronavirus
Dear all, It’s very strange here – not like anywhere I’ve been before. I’m not sure I’ll be giving it a very high rating on TripAdvisor, but I’m finding my way round. When I finally get my hands on a return ticket, I’m certain that my view of the world will have changed forever. If […]
Coronavirus: Calling time on an unhealthy relationship
This time of pandemic was always going to be educational but this week, I’ve been surprised by what I learned. I have come to understand that I have a very unhealthy relationship with time – mine and other people’s. In the same way that the smoking ban revealed just what other nasty odours lurked beneath […]
Coronavirus: What are we going to talk about today?
“Mum, you’ve said that four times already today.” “I have?” “Yes. You telling people that the quality of the chat is going to get pretty skinny pretty quickly.” That was back at the start of the Time We Couldn’t Believe Was Happening when even our astonishment was worth commenting on. How quickly we’ve got used […]