On raking up old leaves

Usually people turn over new leaves, especially at the beginning of the year. I’ve decided to rake up a few of my older ‘new leaves’, the ones which have fallen by the wayside over the course of the year. Hopefully some of them will stick this time round and I’ll have a headstart on next […]

On what we say v. what they hear.

I’m too sleepy to write as much as I’d like to on this, but it’s been a theme running through several conversations this week. If what we say isn’t always what they hear, then maybe what we hear isn’t what they said…….. (/what they meant)  

On Power – of chocolate and of people

Okay. I add ‘and of Mozilla’s moodswings’ to that. My post was pretty much finished and now it’s gone. The gist of it was that I am easily swayable by external factors: things, situations, people…and chocolate. That and the fact that I spend too much time and energy trying to placate people who make life […]

On not sleeping…

Explain this: This morning, as on many others, I had to fight myself to get out of bed. It was so cold everywhere but under the duvet, and I snoozed and I faffed about and ended up running halfway to work, so as to be marginally less late. (My minutes of lateness seem to add […]