Bright Side of the Road

Bright Side of the Road

When I was looking at this photo  and deciding on a name for the post this song title popped into my head. It's also one of my favourite songs to cheer me up. The lyrics aren't all that cheerful so I'm not going to share them but the music, rhythm and tone of the tune [...]

Underestimation

Underestimation

Nothing spurs me on more than being told I can't do something. When I was around 10 years old my father and his watch crew (he was a firefighter) did a sponsored walk in the New Forest. I said I wanted to do and was told that I couldn't. It was too far and I'd [...]

Two’s Company

Two’s Company

A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to collaborate with my twinny, fellow blogger and friend Divos on a presentation for the Blogger & Vlogger Network. Our subject du jour was Collaborating with Other Bloggers and during the presentation we set a bit of a challenge for the bloggers of BVN to collaborate [...]

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Facebook memories are all the rage...sometimes they are good, sometimes not so good. Pretty much anything we post on Facebook will be coming back around this time next year to either put a smile on our face or cause the upside down frown. Not gonna lie I spent several months earlier this year dreading what [...]

I Don’t Shine if you Don’t Shine

I Don’t Shine if you Don’t Shine

I've been thinking about writing about Shine Theory for some time and my amazing, beautiful friend Sady wrote about a similar thing today on her blog so it seemed like today should be the day! I first heard about Shine Theory from an article on the BBC about the aides working in President Obama's White House [...]