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Hi Everyone, An attitude of gratitude. I can’t recall where I first heard that phrase, but I do recall thinking that it was a pithy little saying that got me through loads of challenging times at odd and unexpected moments. It has always been a reminder to be grateful, thankful, and to recognize all sorts of […]

Hi Everyone, Media addiction. Okay. So I said it aloud—or at least typed it. Media addiction. Call the devil by its name?  Media. Addiction. What is it exactly?  Well, to be frank, I’m not exactly sure. However, I do have a workmate who calls it “going down the rabbit hole.” Meaning start on Instagram, roll

Hi Everyone, So finally here in the UK, Post-Pandemic (sort of), we are able to travel. If I hadn’t been invited to Ibiza by a friend, I probably would not have gone. Who can interpret all the various, ever-changing commentaries on the designated Red, Amber or Green countries, never mind the pre-, during and post-travel

Hi Everyone, In the course of the past year, I have met Ai-Da. Ai-Da? Ai-Da who? Ai-Da the robot, the humanoid, a machine that creates—an artist. She (if I can actually call her that) creates (if I can call it that) has met with acclaim, curiosity and derisory commentary in equal measure. Whatever the response,

I’ve gone for a full-on, multi-lap, outdoors swim twice since lockdown easing, and both times it has felt brand new—as if I’d just discovered something I never knew before..

Hi Everyone, Inspiration. Where does it come from? I am often asked. Like many other authors, I don’t really have an answer. I am sure this is the case with most artists in whatever field they create. Sometimes, it is just a moment of clarity, when some understanding or insight gels. Or it may just

Now that we have reached Stage One in the gradual relaxation of Lockdown Rules in England, I have allowed my extended daydreaming to run at full tilt…

To take it or not? This is the question that has spun through the minds of some people I know from the minute development was deemed…

My beautiful house, Summertown Villa, is now sold, and I am moving. As everyone who has moved knows—and who hasn’t? —this requires sorting, purging and packing

Yes. Happy New Year! 2021. No point saying that the trajectory assumed in 2020 (the Roaring ’20s) never saw the light of day, at least for now.