All Around Me are Familiar Faces

All Around Me are Familiar Faces

My sister and I are like chalk and cheese. There is a 7, almost 8, year age gap between us and the circumstances we were brought up in were very different. My parents were stricter with me and financially they were struggling which is part of why they waited 7 years before having another child. [...]

I Know What I Want and It’s Not What I Need

I Know What I Want and It’s Not What I Need

I woke up just 10 mins ago with the Golden Earring classic "Twilight Zone" in my head. Specifically: Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone The place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned The lyrics are a little different in my head with 'twilight' being replaced by the word 'friendship' . I guess it's [...]

Knowing Me, Knowing You…uhuh!

Knowing Me, Knowing You…uhuh!

I'm fairly confident that my real personality comes across to people that know me. I certainly hope so because I do kinda like the person that I am. I'm not perfect, none of us are but I think I'm generally a nice person. I like to support other people and see them flourish and I [...]

If You Think You Can, or You Think You Can’t, You’re Right

If You Think You Can, or You Think You Can’t, You’re Right

Henry Ford's phrase "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." has been at the top of my mind this morning as I watch the overnight news from the Rio Paralympics. Dame Sarah Storey becomes the first female British paralympian to win 12 gold medals as [...]

A Camera Is a Save Button for the Mind’s Eye

A Camera Is a Save Button for the Mind’s Eye

Photography in Second Life is a huge pastime and enjoyment for many and indeed a SL career for many others. We all associate so closely with our avatars and invest so much into the appearance and looks of our avatar that it's not surprise that the profile picture is amongst the most common that you [...]

Build Me Up Buttercup

Build Me Up Buttercup

When I first started blogging I had a lot of support from my friends some of whom were bloggers themselves and I was inspired by so many of the blogs out there already. I enjoy all sorts of different blogs. Some like mine that have text and pictures, some that are picture based, some that [...]

Time of the Season

Time of the Season

We're fast approaching one of my favourite seasons in the northern hemisphere - Autumn. I'm not a fan of extreme weather of any kind - Summer or Winter but I love Spring and Autumn so I am at my happiest in April/May and September/October. The first few weeks of September tend to be warm enough [...]

That’s When Creators Become Good Friends

That’s When Creators Become Good Friends

You were supposed to sing that in the Neighbours theme tune...I hope you did! During the course of my SL I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of Second Life content creators from my days owning a club, through my MadPea days, to now as a PR person for FaMESHed and all of [...]

It All Looks Good on the Hanger

It All Looks Good on the Hanger

I worked with a woman in real life about 20 years ago who always looked stunning. She was a natural clothes horse...everything she put on looked amazing. I swear she could have put on a cloth sack on and it would look like she just pottered off the catwalk in Paris. That is one of [...]