Monthly Archives: March 2011

I’m heading to North Wales to commune with nature, to walk on the hills, run along the beaches (long-standing ankle injury permitting) and to sit and ponder life while overlooking the sea. I can smell the sea air already. And … Continue reading →

I love my blog design, the petals and the colours. I really never thought I was a “girly girl” (I hope that term isn’t politically incorrect) until I went into Cath Kidston in search of an iPhone cover. When I … Continue reading →

Before we get started, a confession or two. I made a few modifications early this morning to last night’s post “From forty with love”, which has prompted me to do a bit of research into blogging ethics. As you might … Continue reading →

There was a moment early yesterday evening when I stopped for a second to look around at the faces of a few close girlfriends gathered in my flat, all beaming at me as I opened their beautiful birthday gifts. I … Continue reading →

Today’s blog will be brief. A 40th birthday celebration awaits and, true to form, I have a long list of things to do before I can relax and enjoy it. Maybe next year, on the eve of my birthday, I’ll … Continue reading →

Ask not what you can do to your body but what your body can do for you. That’s the theme of today’s blog but before we go there, I feel the need, despite a touch of embarrassment, to wander off … Continue reading →

So, enough talk of Bridget Jones. Negative thinking about our bodies has serious consequences. Thoughts lead to behaviours and, from my own experience and those of others I’ve met, the behaviours we’re talking about here are dieting, bingeing, starving, pinching, … Continue reading →

It’s the end of Day One and this is already proving harder than I thought! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to say ‘sorry’ to myself for almost slipping back into what we’ll call that ‘stinking … Continue reading →

Today is the first day of Lent – a 40-day period of sacrifice, abstinence and self-denial. Yesterday, as I contemplated what to give up for Lent, I decided to forego Starbucks soya milk decaf coffees for the next 40 days … Continue reading →