Personal fashion and musings
For someone who can happily chat away about almost anything, I am surprisingly not a great lover of small talk. This aversion to gentle conversation is likely the reason I find it so challenging to start every single blog post; I’m prepared to sink straight into the depths of topics that are tugging at the [...]
Anyone else now at that stage where they want to walk to the top of the nearest hill and scream at the sky? Just me? At one point last week I went to make some pasta for lunch and on opening a packet of penne the contents exploded all across the kitchen and I found [...]
It seems that the limitations of isolation have inspired me to consider content that revolves around subjects other than fashion (finally!) and I love the photos I took while playing around with decorating our garden table so much that I have decided to dedicate this entire blog post to them. I obviously haven’t been able [...]
Week 6 in lockdown and the sixth instillation of my diary sees a tumultuous bubbling over of emotions. When starting this project I didn’t really calculate how much importance it would bring in keeping me grounded, but giving myself the space to document thoughts and feelings during this time has really helped me to process [...]
I thought I’d do something a little different this week and share the list of activities I have been jotting down to complete if I get bored at all during the lockdown. It’s in no way a boast about how much I have achieved in this time (trust me, half of the items on here [...]
I’m sure I can’t be the only one whose motivation, optimism and creativity comes in waves at the moment - and sometimes not at all. As such I have given myself over to the ebb and flow of the tide so that, unless I’m working and need to pour all efforts into my job, I [...]
The future: a looming chasm that holds much uncertainty, and, yet, hope. A place where ideas flourish, plans fester, and the rest of our lives dance secretly and seductively ahead of us. The future has no obligations to anyone. It makes no promises, gives no hints, and has the upper hand when it comes to [...]
'The new normal' is a phrase that seems to permeate every crevice of social media and conversation lately, at the attempt to adapt to this contemporary way of being seems essential - unstoppable even. Being the creatures of habit that we are, the determination to exercise some control by reclaiming the situation and altering routines [...]
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