Mindfulness helps us to be ok when the unexpected happens, the things we have no control over. On a personal note, life has thrown me some curveballs recently and truly put my mindfulness skills to the test. I have found my sense of grounded-ness and stability unravelling a bit at […]
Calling all beauty obsessives! The Summer is bursting with new beauty drops to dive into, so if you’re looking to update your skincare shelf or wanting to add some pzazz to your makeup collection, here are the latest products you need to know about. Clarins Bronzing Compact The Clarins summer […]
It’s a busy time in the garden, lots to sow, transplant and weed but not a vast selection to eat. There are plenty of green things – salad leaves, herbs, baby spinach, a few bolting leeks but for the rest we are waiting. This month’s recipe is in anticipation of […]
You’d think it was a different planet that we were farming if you were to compare last year with 2019. I seem to keep rattling on about weather and I probably didn’t even realise myself, until I began writing, how much of an influence it has on my job. Back […]
Have you ever watched a movie and wondered why the bad guy always has a scar on his face? Maybe you haven’t noticed, but if you sit and think about it, the archetypical bad guy in every movie, TV show, sitcom and even cartoon, always has some form of a […]
When I first set eyes on the house it was a wet and miserable February, twenty-six years ago. It had not been lived in through the previous winter, and had been put on the market half-way through some major renovations. It was uninhabitable when we bought it, and only barely […]