I’m beginning to think that I’m not cut out for this Exam Invigilator role that I’ve been doing part time just recently. Fondish memories of it when I was talking exams was of someone sat at a desk, potentially on a small stage overlooking all of the young people nervously perched on chairs before them. […]
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#Queenhood
If I was ever in any doubt about the power of women together, Constance Hall blew that away last week. My lovely daughter-in-law to be Faye, treated us both to an afternoon with Con and a meet and greet afterwards and it was mind blowing. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a room with […]
Listen up and live
Listening, as we all know, is one of the deepest forms of respect. Listening to each other and genuinely being engaged within that conversation should be a consistent behaviour. However, we’re all guilty of not ‘being there’ listening and absorbing both what is being said and what is not being said; that takes 100% attention […]
Approaching The Approach
Well I’m unlikely to be smiling this happily this afternoon as I walk towards the mammogram machine for my annual check to ensure that nothing is happening that shouldn’t be. I know that this is all part of the process to ensure that life returns to a ‘new normal’ but that doesn’t take away the […]
Acid update
As a child of the 60’s I’m familiar with all the stories of people on acid and the psychedelic effects it had. Never having taken any (and never will) it’s all simply hearsay but I’m glad (I think) to say that the acid I was having infused into me is now stopping. You may recall […]
Eat cake and thrive
One of the most ridiculous headlines to feature in the news this week has been this one…… “Dentists call to end workplace cake culture” The BBC were reporting about dentists who have been criticising ‘workplace cake culture’, saying that the sharing of sweet treats in the office is contributing to health problems. The article goes […]
Meet the Superheroes of the (cancer) storm
There are heroes and then there are superheroes. Here are 3 of them. When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, it’s not a singular personal thing. It’s a collective blow. A shared shock. A rabbit in the headlights jump start for the patient and their nearest and dearest. Over the last year or so, it’s become […]
