Monthly Archives: May 2011

Ode to Central Park

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

I haven’t got much time to post today but before I head off to Connecticut for my dear friend’s wedding, I wanted to write about how much I love Central Park. Now, that probably isn’t a very original thing to … Continue reading →

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Girls just want to have fun

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

We didn’t get to do the Cyndi Lauper hit ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ but we did sing our hearts out to Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ and also did an appalling rendition of Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies (Put A … Continue reading →

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Babies, bodies and the Big Apple

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

So I’m sitting on a friend’s balcony in Manhattan overlooking Central Park. And blogging. This is fun! I finally get to imagine myself as Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City. Ok, so I may not have written about sex … Continue reading →

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Postscript

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

I felt the need to write a short addendum to my earlier post ‘The baby conundrum‘. As I took a ride on my scooter and reflected on what I wrote, I realised I’d used the phrase ‘the right guy’ far … Continue reading →

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The baby conundrum

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

So I caught up with an episode of BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs yesterday. I have to say I don’t normally listen to it but I wish I did. It seems like a thoroughly pleasant way to spend a … Continue reading →

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Hysterical? Could be historical

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

I love the phrase ‘If it’s hysterical, it’s historical’. I’ve heard it a few times over the years but I heard it again recently and it was very timely. The idea behind it is that if our reaction to an … Continue reading →

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Learning to trust

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Why is it so hard to trust ourselves? Or maybe I should just speak for myself here. Maybe the rest of my readers have cracked this one already. If you have, I’d love to hear from you! I’m guessing some … Continue reading →

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Living, learning, passing it on

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

If you’ve lived it, you can learn from it, and someone else can too – irrespective of your or their age, profession, experience and position in life. That’s the ethos of ‘From Forty With Love’. With that in mind, I … Continue reading →

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If you can dream it

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

So I spent yesterday in a room full of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen – some well established and others just starting out or still incubating their dreams. It was an inspiring day, and also an exhausting one. I love the … Continue reading →

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All will be well

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

It’s occurred to me that I’ve gone about some of my life – not all, but some – with a sense of dread and doom and the impression that all will not be well. I think I picked this up … Continue reading →

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