Everywhere you look there seems to be advice to switch off your devices in an effort to find greater peace and balance in our lives, but what if the issue is not so much with the digital world itself but just the way we tend to use it? I'm not in my house and I didn't bring my phone with me so, … [Read more...] about Say No To A Digital Detox
Gratitude
Counting Blessings
In the park, they've had a team working to raise the height of the path at the little stone bridge because it has a tendency to flood and joggers get their expensive trainers wet. This annoyed me and I wasted a good deal of emotional energy complaining to my sister about it at the weekend, just … [Read more...] about Counting Blessings
An Existential Crisis
How do we deal with the ultimate existential crisis, a fear of dying? What can we do when we can no longer fall back on the tried and tested answer to the majority of anxieties, "don't worry, it might never happen," when you know full well that it will? I seem to have been writing a lot about … [Read more...] about An Existential Crisis
The New Going Out
New Year's Eve plans are left in tatters when my daughter tests positive for covid. Recently we spent a long walk talking about how hurt she felt when her boyfriend wouldn't commit to seeing her on the last night of the year preferring instead to go to a house party with a friend. I told her … [Read more...] about The New Going Out
Same Old Christmas Songs
Walking the dogs with my sister she is telling me about a novel called "Lockdown" which paints a significantly gloomier picture than the one Omicron is currently treating us to. "I really hate this time of year," she says, echoing the lyrics of one of my favourite recent Christmas songs, "Home … [Read more...] about Same Old Christmas Songs