This was a Thing I was asked to complete as part of the harp mentorship project I’m currently working on. The aim was to do it quickly and not worry about it too much. I paid all my bills […]
With a wee flourish
building a life less ordinary
It is well within my soul
Lately, I’ve started to feel … I don’t know… really at peace with myself. Those who know me best know that peaceful is rarely a word anyone would use to describe any aspect of me […]
Interval Alley **
Rep 1 I set off at a pace I know I cannot sustain over 8 reps. Am I going hard enough? I am pumping my arms, lengthening my stride, breathing hard. So hard. How do I […]
Afternoon Off
Last Friday I played for my last wedding of 2016. It was just 2 minutes’ drive from my house, at the hotel that I walk past every morning with my dogs. The staff are great, […]
Samhainn
The Celtic festival of Samhainn brings the end of the harvest season and the start of the winter. Beltane – the end of winter – feels a long way away at the moment but the […]
Wtf?
It has been a weird few weeks, months even since I ran the Great Glen. My body let me know in no uncertain terms that it didn’t want to run very far, and I listened. […]
October
Somehow it’s the middle of October, and going by how quickly the year has flown by so far, it’ll be Hogmanay before I know it. This has been one of the most hectic years I’ve […]
September
I started writing this post a couple of weeks ago when September had just arrived. It’s one of my favourite months of the year. Not just because my birthday is in September and I normally […]
Tuesday afternoon tea
The feeling of being in control that I wrote about recently has long gone, as I suspected it would. Recovering from the Great Glen has hit me in a few unexpected ways and I’ve had […]
little things
A few people close to me are having a really, really tough time at the moment. When life is throwing what feels like the worst of everything at you, I think it’s really important to […]
