happy christmas

Dear all, HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. My Moorish courtyard is nearly finished and will be complete with olive tree and cypress trees by christmas day –  exactly as I imagined it would look.    It’s so exciting to see what I had imagined come...

Having fun – new ideas

First of all let me apologise for the content of my website recently – some rascally scoundrel had hacked into my website (twice!) and the content was offensive for which I apologise.   This isn’t fun!  I hope it doesn’t happen again! But now...
Change means moving on ….

Change means moving on ….

Change means moving on – change means change!    Change is like moving house – when everything is in the melting pot – all that was familiar is suddenly new and different.   We have to reorientate ourselves.   We find ourselves driving on unfamiliar roads, and...
A Way of Being

A Way of Being

I was thinking about this the other day – what does ‘a way of being’ mean to us. For some it might mean mindfulness. For others it might mean attitude and how we treat others. It might even mean gracefulness in the way we move and go about our daily...

Are the doors closing before they’ve opened?

BLOG – Are the doors closing before they’ve opened? Are you afraid that just as the doors were opening for you and work opportunities were presenting themselves – you were seeing a bright future opening up before you, after years of hard work and...
Taking on a challenge!

Taking on a challenge!

Watching the Rio Olympics shows up the courage needed for the athletes to compete at the highest level.    The athletes have to make a real commitment to the training which is TOUGH.   And then they have one day or one event in which to prove...