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Wisdom vs Knowledge

  It has been ages since I’ve had the time to post – how have you all been surviving??? No need to despair, I’m back. Quit that sniggering at the back. I’m on holiday. The nicest phrase in the English language, bar none. I was hoping to go away, but the best laid plans of […]

All The Kingdoms of the World

Got a precious day off, although of course, I’m still doing some work stuff–as usual. The work never seem to be quite as arduous in the silent comfort of my own home, so I don’t really mind. Anyway, I had the time to flick through my design emails and I found one from LuxurySafes. They […]

Doctor Feelgood

In a week when the papers have been full of what can only be described as ‘feelbad’ news, I’m so glad that I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to focus on any of it. From the mother who insisted that her 4-year old was a girl and dressed him, and treated him accordingly, […]

The Sound Of Silence

    Last week was thoroughly exhausting- I spent most of it on a course being bombarded with information. Actually, the course was pretty useful – it was all stuff I needed to know and would use all the time – a rarity as I’m sure you’ll agree. Even more extraordinary, pretty much all my […]

Summoned by bells

Monday, Monday. I was in sunny Somerset last weekend and as I was walking to church in the morning, the harvest bells were ding-a-ling-a-ringing. The town was so quiet at that time of the morning that it felt as though I were being pulled long by the bells. It was magical. The usual offerings for […]