Going For That Loved-In Look
"Something about it repelled dust and wear as it repelled intimacy, happiness and love." PD James, Innocent Blood Well, if happiness is...
Go Clean Out A Drawer!
It’s early in the morning. The house is quiet because everyone else is still sleeping. You can smell the coffee brewing and head to the...
In Defence of Social Media
Really? Am I writing this? I am a relative newcomer to the modern equivalent of the society gossip pages but, despite my years of vocal...
Unto Thee I pledge my Troth & my Antlers!
You found the perfect groom, enjoyed the fairy-tale wedding and magical honeymoon and now he’s carrying you across the threshold of your...
Who You Gonna Call?
I remember moving into my first place with a couple of apple crate tables, glass brick and plank shelving, a mattress and two very...
Strataphobia
Like many people of my vintage approaching the end of our ‘official’ working years, I am thinking about my next move. This is the one...
Let's Make A New List
… not a shopping list, or a to-do list … but a list of all the things we do not need to have, to do, to want or to be. I’ve just read...
Beer Foam And Road Rash
“So, James, this is what I’m thinking,” begins Jane enthusiastically, “let’s do the foyer in Meadow Mist and then the living and dining...
The Sentimental Curator
Whenever I present a Nest Building workshop, the most frequently asked question comes from someone suffering under the burden of...
