Over the last few months I think we have all been collectively and gradually stretching out of lockdown life- like a bear coming out of hibernation. Everything is falling into a ‘first time since the pandemic’ tick box … first coffee shop, bar, pub, restaurant, hotel, cinema, theatre etc. etc. While these final stages of…
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The Wonderful World of Podcasts
I may be quite late to the game – but I have recently discovered podcasts, and I really cannot get enough of them. Lots of friends and family have made some wonderful recommendations and I have tuned into (and binged!) quite a few podcasts over the last month or so. I include at least one…
DIY Wine Tasting at Home
DIY Wine Tasting at Home If you know me at all, then you know I love Birthdays and love to make each of them fun and unique! We have done spa days, treasure hunts, birthday pub crawls, birthday lucky dips (yes – really!), surprise trips and even ‘pick an envelope’ to choose a birthday activity….
Veganuary 2021
Happy Veganuary Happy 2021 and Happy Veganuary! I love that January has been adopted by Veganism and plant-based eating. If you didn’t already know, Veganuary is a campaign which is set up to encourage people to try being vegan for the month of January. It is a really great way of trying out veganism and…
2020: My Favourite Things
2020: My Favourite Things What a year it has been for us all. It has felt like we’ve all been on a rollercoaster, rolling off the tracks… into the unknown, with more ups and downs and loop-de-loops than anyone really cared for! But we made it- the last month of 2020. I wanted to end…
A Simple Life
2020 hasn’t been quite what anyone expected. I started this blog, looking back at my blog posts from November and then December 2019- and couldn’t help but giggle at my optimism for a New Year, knowing now, what was to come. Thinking about February/March 2020 – you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the start…
The Power of Journaling
Generosity of Mind ‘Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic’ For as long as I can remember, I have loved to write. One of my earliest memories is of a tiny little diary with a golden padlock and miniature key that I would hide under my pillow. I would write and write, filling up…
Break-Away
‘Sometimes in the waves of change, we find our true direction’ We have all been forced into so much change this year. Everyone’s lockdown experience has been different, but in some way, all our lives have been changed by this pandemic. Lessons have been learnt, big and small. Lockdown forced us all to stand still,…
For the Love of Cooking
New Vegan Recipes Like a lot of people, we have been cooking so much at home during lockdown. It has been a pleasure, but it has also put a lot of pressure on us to keep our meals varied and interesting! The last thing you want as a self-confessed foodie, is to eat the same…
Life As Lockdown Eases…
The ‘New Normal’ Many people will have spent weeks and months adjusting to a new way of living as the COVID-19 pandemic led to ‘lockdowns’ around the world. We all were told to ‘stay home’ and almost overnight our whole lives changed… things we took for granted were taken away and we had to negotiate…