The day before my birthday, I spent the day with my lovely photographer friend Grace, in a workshop on flash with the excellent Jon Sturdy. Because it was just the two of us, he tailored everything to what we needed – and it was brilliant! We discovered a ruined...
Back in October, I was invited to speak at the January meeting of the fabulous Cake and Revolution W.I. in Ipswich. I’d heard loads about the W.I. (not least their crafting!) and a couple of my friends are members in other towns, but I’d never actually had...
On a warm July evening this summer, I received a text from a friend, telling me she and her husband had found a tiny grey kitten on their evening walk, and that the kitten was close to death, and in a pitifully bad condition. I cried, and then we all waited with bated...
A stolen moment at the day job – the corridor was deserted, so I danced down it and snapped this shot of my much-loved sparkling shoes. Of course, as I ran to stand in place for the first shot, someone appeared behind me and got in the way…!
There’s a wonderful quote my friend MimiĀ told me once – “Always wear your invisible crown.” Your invisible crown means you can be the brilliant being that you are, even on the days when you couldn’t feel further away from queenly or...