You’ve got the look*
I’m the kind of person who gets asked if I’m vegetarian. All the time. I seem to have ‘the look’ – you know the one; the vegetarian look. (Well, actually, I think that I have ‘the energy’, and this is […]
What they didn’t teach us in school
When I was 18 or 19 one of my closest friends finished our friendship. It took me a long time for the confusion, and, to be honest, it was painful for me for a long while. Over the years I’ve […]
Unearthing some truffly delights
Each year has a different energy – we can feel it. If you think back to one of your favourite years –how did it feel? Full of lots of joyful events? A big move, perhaps, and all of its excitement […]
Everyone’s got an answer for us
My training partner and I are very different characters. For a start, he’s a guy and I’m not. Secondly, he’s all over, what I call, silly-long-distances (!), and I’m into shorter-sharper blasts. So our training coincides where his short runs […]
Some things are inevitable
Some things are inevitable if you run, jog, ‘jeff’* or plod…whether you’re a seasoned runner, or whether you’ve only just started putting on your go-fasters,** stick with running for long enough, and it’s inevitable that you’ll meet at least some, […]
Immersing yourself in the real New Year…
I’ve long found January a really tricky month to ‘get into to’. And it’s a paradox really because I love the freshness of the New Year, plus I spend a good chunk of December looking forward to January! The funny […]
My life with hummus
I have a long relationship with hummus. I’m still not entirely sure of the correct spelling, some spell it hummus, others spell it houmous. And it’s curious that I haven’t got a definitive on this one, because usually I’m rather […]
There is no away
‘There is no away.’ It’s a phrase that’s rattled around my head for the last few months. Not least, every time I’ve opened the bin to throw something ‘away’. There is now away. Where we throw our rubbish is not […]
How’s your motivation holding up?
How’s your motivation? Are you still feeling fresh as a spring chicken, or are you starting to flag..? Is the long haul from the summer to the winter break now starting to take its toll? Or maybe that’s just me?! […]
The benefit of being small
No doubt you’ve seen the business-evolution that’s positively affecting us all. A rising-up and reversal of us being buried by huge global, anonymous corporations and chains galore… with a wealth of individuals saying, ‘do you know what? I’m off – […]