Spring – It doesn’t feel like it

Spring – it doesn’t feel like it today. As I sit in Edinburgh, I have watched it snowing all day. To start with, I didn’t think it would lie, but it persevered, and apparently is going to keep going until later tonight. In the UK, we don’t do snow well. I have just looked on… Continue reading Spring – It doesn’t feel like it

Simplifying Life

What do I mean by simplifying life? I am guilty of doing too many things, and hence doing none of them very well. Since taking up blogging, I have found myself getting swamped in things that don’t add value to my life, so I have decided to do a bit of a clear out. Email… Continue reading Simplifying Life

Top Tips for Slow Travel

A little bit of preparation up front makes such a difference to the success of your Slow Travel trip, so here are my Top Tips What do I mean by Slow Travel and why is it different to standard holiday planning? Madrid, just near our apartment Slow Travel for me is staying for 1 or 2… Continue reading Top Tips for Slow Travel

Build Creativity Into Your Life

How do you build creativity into your life? All the way through school, many of us are taught to mainly  use our Left Brain. As an ex-project manager, my left brain has been over-used all my working life. I can do spreadsheets and project plans in my sleep. Even today, having started blogging and got… Continue reading Build Creativity Into Your Life

Manage that Data

Why bother with data management? There are two sides to this post. Firstly I am becoming very aware that my digital footprint is bigger than I want. The amount of data that is being collected on us, and our activities, has started to worry me. In addition to that, the amount of time I spend … Continue reading Manage that Data

Growing up in the 1960’s

What was it like growing up in the Sixties? Is anyone interested? Many of the readers of this blog don’t remember life without computers, let alone life without television. So I thought I would take some time and write about what life was like for me, growing up in a small town in Northern Ireland in… Continue reading Growing up in the 1960’s