Category Archives: Addiction

Getting our priorities right

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Some of my most loyal readers and those that know me best have remarked that they like my blog because when they read it they can hear me speaking. I’ve always taken that as a compliment. If you’ve never heard … Continue reading →

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Living with limitations

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Weakness has never been one of my strengths. I’ve always detested it in myself and I’ve disliked it in others. So much so that I’ve ridden roughshod over my own weaknesses, ignoring them or fighting against them in a way … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dancing has a lot to answer for …

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

… and it’s not all about Patrick Swayze. Although he’s got a lot to do with it. I was 16 when the film came out (27 years ago!) and, I reckon, more impressionable than your average teenager. A group of … Continue reading →

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One day at a time

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Don’t ask me how it happened but more than three weeks have passed since I last posted here. I know some of my readers (particularly my non-London friends) start wondering whether there’s something wrong if I don’t blog. But this … Continue reading →

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Shortcuts

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Wouldn’t it be great if we could take shortcuts – if we could get where we wanted to go with a click of our fingers or make things happen with a twitch of our nose (anyone remember Bewitched from years … Continue reading →

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Finding my way back

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

This photo was taken when I was 22. I’d just finished at Oxford University and was about to head off to Italy to drive minibuses across Tuscany for a high-end travel company. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Food is my friend

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

In recent months, I’ve shared some of my culinary adventures on Facebook – my first attempts at making soup or my forays into baking coconut and banana bread – and a few friends have expressed surprise that I got to … Continue reading →

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Looking forward

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

It’s been a while since I made New Year’s resolutions. I decided a while back that they no longer served me – I would set myself unrealistic goals then beat myself up for not sticking to them. In the past, … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of greatness

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living” – Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013. Of all the inspiring Mandela quotes I’ve read since his … Continue reading →

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Ode to London: I love you, but …

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

There are so many things I love about London but I’m going to have to start with my friends. For someone of my age, stage and relationship status living in such a huge metropolis, friends become family. They’re whom we … Continue reading →

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