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 [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] Today’s post is a little lighter-hearted than the last one I published and it is a story I really enjoy recollecting. It is one…

[Photo: free image iStock_GOWIII_Texture.]   Alone in my dimmed room with just the glow of my salt lamp to my right, I sit and stare at the half-eaten bowl of…

[Photo: free image iStock_000024510285Large.] If you are wealthy and are looking for a way to donate, give back to the community and make a difference or if you are a…

[Photo: my own. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.]   The meaning of life. What is it? And don’t you dare say 42. I heard that. Be serious.…

[Photo: free image iStock_000016803634Large.] I have an aunt who has battled years of anorexia and been admitted numerous times to hospital for it, my mum and sister have tended towards…

  Welcome to 2019. We live in a world of hashtag trends and keyboard warriors ranting on social media about injustices and racism. And this is a blog post that…

I’ve got nothing against Craig David, I actually like this song and I feel it is a good fit to go with today’s post. Today’s blog post comes from an…

[Photo: Book vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com]   I’ve read many books over the years and some stick vividly in my mind, some I remember little snippets and details and…

I love to read. I am a book worm, a word nerd and a linguist. From a young age, I have had my nose buried in books of all genres…

[Photo: Banner vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com] We have been created to love each other, to help each other, and to heal each other If there is one thing my…

[Photo: https://mysticmedusa.com/2015/11/isis-the-goddess/] Do you ever get the feeling we are on some pre-destined path? That there is an invisible string connected to all the events that happen? Maybe we are…

[Photo: free image iStock_000021076536Illustra] Unrequited love Yea. That. If you’ve been through it or are going through it, you’ll know it’s pretty shit. Most of us have been through it…

[Photo: free image iStock_000015634604Large.] Do you ever feel like a hamster running in a wheel and suddenly someone jams a stick in the spokes and you come to an abrupt…

Do you ever have those days where everything just goes tits up? I mean, where nothing goes right and you just want to stop, crawl back into bed and hide…

(Photo taken by yours truly in 2006 when I first arrived. This Karl Marx Monument measures 13 metres high and weighs 40 tonnes and is the second largest monument of…

Image Source from storypick.com As I scanned the bookshop today searching for something interesting to read about relationships, people, psychology etc. I was drawn to a book jacket with President…

With parents who were and are loyal fans of the US with a flagpole in the back garden flying the American flag, a dad who worked for an American company,…

 [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] Today’s blog post is about moving forward. About taking action and moving forward. I’ve been stuck in my own head for a couple…

 [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] As a volunteer Angel with the American charity Soldiers’ Angels I regularly write letters and cards to the troops to help take their…

 [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] I have a lot to say. I could talk for Britain if you let me. But hardly anyone does and this, in the…