INSPIRATION
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard makes up part of the mosaic of cultural influences that formed me. Once you start discovering art for yourself you follow the paths that were created by those that went before. What they love, you love. Sam Shepard was simply a handsome actor to me...
#freeupmyinsta
I love Instagram. I can waste hours scrolling through my feed and cooing over what my friends are up to, travel sites, decor inspiration. Bliss. If you are not careful and curate your feed you can end up with a bland, homogeneous litany of uninspiring pictures...
It’s Always All About Brian
I have a friend called Brian. I say friend but that doesn't cover it. For 20 years he's been colleague, potential boss, boss, partner in crime, fellow music aficionado and my sounding board. He gave me away at my wedding because there is no better man apart from my...
Setting Boundaries
So I write about just the positive things and I'm writing about no. Saying no. No! There are a load of cliches about saying no and I don't want to add to the mountain of them so I won't. Instead I'll say this. If saying yes makes you feel shitty, uncomfortable...
Make Stuff
I regularly have to give myself breaks from humans and the internet as I pick up on other people's emotions really easily and it can make me crazy. Website comments sections are particularly hazardous. The snark and negativity can make me sad to my bones. People...
Being Bendy
Life is a tricky sod. You think you know where you are going and there's a plan. A very important plan. Then you get in your own way, balls things up and you end up dazed, bruised and more than a little confused. You pick yourself up to get on with the plan and the...
When The Sea Is Rough, Mend Your Sails
We all take comfort in different things. When times get hard you may go for a run, call your best friend, hide under a blanket eating cake or getting the glad rags on shouting for tequila. I have always taken solace in books. I am a natural researcher. Given a problem...
King Roger
Roger Federer is Wimbledon Champion for 2017 and all is right with the world. Watching Wimbledon has been tradition in my family for years. Bless us, we are not an athletic family but we have opinions on tennis. I remember the end of the Borg/McEnroe era. I...
What Does Success Look Like?
Are you successful? Are you winning at life? The daily grind of house work/monkeys/work feels big and icky and there's a tantalising feeling that there's a better way to do stuff or, more importantly, that I've been focusing on the wrong things. Now, I will...
Musical Roots
We all like to think that we are shiny individuals and that our tastes and passions are unique. When you scratch the surface we all know that we are the product of many things and our worlds have shaped who we are. The world will give you knocks and bruises but also...
Courtney Love
I think the idols we worship in our teenage years have the most sway on us. I was 14 when grunge happened and it was my music. My peers at school were into the Happy Mondays and rave culture despite the fact that the nearest they got to someone twisting their melon...
Democracy
Ah, the unnecessary general election. Now, I can go into a pretty major rant about this but given my own rules that I can only focus on the positives in life on this site you’ll have to buy me a gin and tonic and let me step onto my soapbox to hear that one. ...
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