I love the colour of the key to my car. It's a gorgeous pop of blue, vibrant and bold. And it goes beautifully with my favourite mustard coloured handbag. This key is not an accessory though, it's an essential and crucial item for me to access and then drive my car. Without it, I'm going nowhere… Continue reading Ignition
Category: Life Lessons
Conversation with a Cab Driver
It is not often that I get to hail a London Cab and say "Heathrow Airport" please. But a few years ago, I was in London for work, and I got to do just that. My bags were loaded into the iconic cab and I settled back for the journey to Heathrow. My cab driver, as it turned… Continue reading Conversation with a Cab Driver
The treasure of the Kinder Surprise
My 3 year old loves kinder surprises. In fact all my boys do. There is much excitement whenever they receive one. And their excitement is not so much for the chocolate egg, although don’t get me wrong, that is very quickly demolished! Their excitement is for the yellow container within the egg and the… Continue reading The treasure of the Kinder Surprise
A foggy morning
I woke this morning to find our house shrouded in fog. In a fog, driving becomes more difficult as visibility drops to only a few feet in front of the car. We drive slower and more carefully, trying to distinguish the road in front of us. Yet all that has changed is the atmosphere around us. The… Continue reading A foggy morning
The Running Man
I don't do running. When I do attempt to, it tends to end with a spectacular fall on my behalf. I have fallen running downhill, running uphill and even running on the flat. To confess, I was often wearing heels at the time, not the wisest choice for running. And truth be told these occasions were… Continue reading The Running Man
The Punctuation of Life
I am sure that with the debut of the texting and twittering, punctuation received a hammering. With character spaces being at a premium the use of full stops and commas would have dropped, save for the use of colon and the bracket combined to make the smiley face of course. I'm amazed that this combination… Continue reading The Punctuation of Life
Whispers of the Heart
Sometimes we have dreams and hope, wishes even that we never articulate or voice. Dreams and hopes that reside only in our hearts and some only fleetingly at that. Yet God hears all these quiet wishes and the unarticulated dreams. The heart whispers and God hears and responds. Today my husband had one such fleeting wish -… Continue reading Whispers of the Heart
The Carpet Bag
Who could forget Mary Poppins' carpet bag? If you've ever seen the movie, the carpet bag is quite synonymous with the arrival of Mary Poppins to the Banks' house. And despite its limited size (which actually was rather capacious) it was able to contain all manner of large items from a mirror to a pot plant… Continue reading The Carpet Bag
If Stress is Contagious then….
According a team of psychologists from St Louis University, stress is as contagious as the common cold. Apparently this is through the conveying of stress through tone of voice, facial expressions and posture. As people perceive the stress of another, they themselves "catch" the stress. If stress is contagious, other internal realities must also be contagious. A… Continue reading If Stress is Contagious then….
Locked up in the Tower of London
I've been locked in the Tower of the London. The very Tower where Queen Anne Boleyn, Queen Catherine Howard and Lady Grey met their fate. These Queens all lost their heads there. I fortunately did not and have survived to tell my tale. So how did I end up locked in the Tower? Many years ago I… Continue reading Locked up in the Tower of London
Blue Skies & Lollipops 