We have all spent 2020 adjusting to a radically altered world. This life leveller has seen our plans cancelled, and huge changes and uncertainties in our personal and professional life. All around the world, we have been forced to find reserves of capacity for unseen eventualities that have been …
In Iceland people have a beautiful tradition which they celebrate each Christmas Eve. This tradition is known as Jolabokaflod, which translates roughly to “Christmas book flood” in English. Each Christmas Eve family and friends are gifted books to read by the fire while sipping hot cocoa together. Jolabokaflod …
Anyone who has had the task of emptying the house of someone who has died knows what a heartbreaking and strangely revealing job it is to have to do. When I was 21 my grandmother died. I remember so clearly the day I helped my parents sort through a …
Too often people guard against the thoughts ideas and the beliefs of others, distrusting the words and deeds so foreign to the eyes and ears. Why is difference viewed as dangerous? It is said that beauty, true beauty is to be found in the eye of the beholder. Greatness …
We have recently rediscovered the joy of playing vinyl records. It has taken our enjoyment of music to a whole new level. With our record player we unable to make playlists and we have to change our record every few minutes. Perhaps that sounds annoying and time consuming to …
Unconsciously we all have our own rules; I don’t mean laws of the land or even universal laws, but rules about how we react to any given situation … a kind of moral code if you will. What some fail to realise is that everyone else also has their …
Hygge (pronounced Hoo Gah) is a Danish term that has been overly used as a marketing tool to sell anything that creates in the mind a cosy, affluent wellbeing lifestyle. Advertising campaigns bombard us with images of cosy throws and blankets, soft fluffy pillows, expensive candles, hot chocolate, real …
