I’ve spent a lot of my life believing that logic is king. That we should gain as much knowledge as possible, think things through and arrive at rational conclusions. And,…
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I never seem to manage an entirely wordless post for Wordless Wednesday, but I am enjoying focusing more on pictures and less on words once a week. This photo was…
I have eight days of busy…busy…busy coming up so I spent some time planning what I want to blog about for the next little while. I wasn’t taking much notice…
If you are a natural worrier, like me, you probably live in your head most of the time, and may even find it difficult to connect with the rest of…
So far this month I’ve talked a lot about thinking. How we think the things we do and some of the reasons we have those thoughts. Beliefs and assumptions that…
I used to have rather fixed ideas about education. As a naturally academic person myself, good at exams and gaining qualifications, I believed that educational success meant learning a lot…
Today has been a beautiful Spring day. When I left the house this morning, I thought of all the people who would be saying, ‘it’s great to be alive!’ because…
I didn’t know I was going to pick this subject until just now. Of course, my theme this month is thinking and I’ve written about beliefs and assumptions and how…
This post is a bit of an experiment. Alternative. I have an odd professional existence, which sometimes means that I work at very strange hours. Last night/this morning was one…
My house is usually a mess. Here it is, in a photo taken this morning with no tidying done and dust on the beams. I’ve always been untidy and never…
During 2012 I celebrated my 50th birthday. All year, in fact. I’d decided at the end of 2010 to do 50 different things to celebrate my big birthday, rather than…
I’ve got a money tree in my garden. Actually, I made it myself, as you might be able to tell. It’s a reminder that we all have beliefs about that…