Music: Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

Music is a wonderful way to share experiences and get to know one another. Although making assumptions about a person based on the music they enjoy might lead you to incorrect conclusions, it can be a good way to shortcut some of the getting-to-know-you and at least...

The Price of Owning Up

Remember how I said I want to be a writer? Now I know it’s there – I can’t ignore it. I haven’t been here for weeks and I have 437 excuses. A legitimate one is that we moved house (yay) but that was my excuse for far too long. So now I’ve owned up and said, yep – I...

An unexpected positive

Recently I’ve been hibernating as I recover from a minor health blip that required a little surgery. Just before Christmas I was told that I had stage 1 cervical cancer.  Not the best news (nobody likes the c word) but not the worst either – it was very early and...

On Writing

Since I remembered that I wanted to be a writer, it’s been swirling around my mind in one form or another every day. I want to learn everything I can in order to hone my craft.  I know that many will say you can’t teach good writing, it’s just something that happens. ...