Another new horizon

Another new horizon

Another new horizon for me. Changes at my day job have meant that I’ve taken the plunge and gone out on my own as a copywriter / copyeditor / proofreader, with a sideline of WordPress websites 🙂 My new business is called The Writing Nook if anyone wants to look...
Following a new path

Following a new path

Week 3 of my new job has drawn to a close and I’m settling into a routine. Still more fine-tuning of my time management to do, as I’m now also tutoring an online university unit at night! It’s a position I’d applied for and started the training...
Spontaneous pyjama day

Spontaneous pyjama day

According to Urban Dictionary (not usually a site I cite!) the definition of a pyjama day is as follows: A day, usually on a weekend or during a day off, when you have nothing to do and sit around lazily in your pajamas, not leaving the house. Often involves eating...
A change is as good as a holiday!

A change is as good as a holiday!

After all the turmoil of the last eighteen months, you’d think I’d be happy with no changes for a very long time! But no, there’s more to come – and I have to say I’m looking forward to this next lot. This coming week will be my last week...
Photos are the keepers of memories

Photos are the keepers of memories

“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.” ― Brigitte Bardot A work friend and I were discussing a mutual acquaintance last week who I haven’t seen probably since school days. I went through an old...
What would you do with one million dollars?

What would you do with one million dollars?

As many of us turn our thoughts to returning to the day job or in the first week back at the grindstone, I’m sure I’m not the only one wishing for a major windfall! (If only I bought lottery tickets!) Remember when one million dollars seemed such a large...