I think I’ve found my thing
7January 10, 2015 by admin
Some people know what they love from a young age. I always thought my love was sailing. It’s what I …
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Category Life, outdoors, Travel | Tags: cheryl strayed, coast to coast, hiking, john o'groats, lands end, Sailing, the unlike pilgrimage of harold fry, trails, walking, Writing
Death from different distances
1January 8, 2015 by admin
Death is a strange thing. The farther removed you are from it, the less it affects you. When you learn …
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The Monday Morning Coffee Table
2December 9, 2014 by admin
‘A large skinny latte please.’ ‘I’ll have a flat white.’ ‘Make that two.’ ‘Cappuccino please. Can I also have boiled …
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Alternative Christmas gift ideas from local small businesses
1December 2, 2014 by admin
I posted this pic on my business Facebook page on Friday because the madness around Black Friday was doing my …
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Category Shopping, Uncategorized | Tags: christmas, gift ideas, local shops, small business saturday, smallbiz, york
Why Sainsbury’s have got it right
3November 13, 2014 by admin
I wrote about the John Lewis ad recently and why it made me cry. Then I wrote about Remembrance Day …
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Category Product Reviews | Tags: christisforsharing, Christmas ad, john lewis, remembrance day, sainsbury's, WW1
I Let You Go
3November 12, 2014 by admin
Not all, but probably most, bloggers secretly want to write a novel. Or are in the process of writing a …
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Category book review | Tags: amazon, Clare Mackintosh, I Let You Go, novel, thriller, writers
If only
1November 11, 2014 by admin
We have no idea do we? Us in our warm homes, watching mindless flickering screens, tucking into easily available food, …
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Category Life | Tags: armistice day, poppies, remembrance day, WW1
Why the John Lewis ad makes parents cry
16November 6, 2014 by admin
The internet has gone into meltdown today because the new John Lewis Christmas ad has been released. This in itself …
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Category Day to day life, kids, Life | Tags: 2014, Christmas ad, john lewis, kids, penguin
Boo Humbug – why I hate Halloween
5October 30, 2014 by admin
Is there an equivalent of the Christmas Grinch for Halloween? Because if there isn’t, I would like to apply for …
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Category Day to day life | Tags: bonfire night, halloween, trick or treating, zombies
Look up
1October 10, 2014 by admin
I walk my children to school and back every day. Some days we argue. Some days we discuss deep things. …
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