July has been a struggle month. A* is currently home.  She hasn’t changed, but does seem more content and happy with…

I haven’t got a lot to report.  I have just got back from a week in Gran Canaria which was lovely…

It is now nearly the end of March.  I used to write to all my friends/family every month.  I don’t…

  January has been a blur.  I have not been very well.  I don’t think I have recovered fully from…

  I have gone back to counselling for a while.  Did I tell you that?  Things with the Swag got very…

  South India lived up to my expectations.  In some ways it was less spectacular than North India, but the itinerary…

I went to visit Althorp this weekend.  This is the ancestral country estate of the Spencer family.  I had an…

The canal boat The boat looms large in lockdown.  I can honestly say I learnt to drive a narrow boat…

During the pandemic, I started working for NOAH Enterprise in Luton as their Employment Support & Sustainability Co-ordinator   https://www.noahenterprise.org/ NOAH…

Aligning values can ensure you get the right candidate for the job.   Peabody has ‘values’, but when I worked…

  The One Asset You Really Need to Win and Keep the Job You Love James Reed & Paul G….

  By Theodore I Rubin.  I picked up this book in a friend’s house and took it home to read. …