This week I had to go on a two day trip with work. The trip involved staying away overnight, a lovely Thai meal and a quiet hotel room. We don’t do this very often, just when work necessitates. I love being at home with my family, but the occasional quiet evening alone is a pleasure. […]

I have recently done a couple of book reviews on Life in Clarity and will probably be doing a few more as the blog progresses.   Having done these and having read other review blogs, discussions on book reviews, having read a couple of really hateful reviews on Goodreads and combining those with being a […]

The Crazy for Books blog hosts a weekly Friday blog hop where a question is set, you add your link and away you go, blog hopping and meeting new bloggers. If books are your thing I’d fully recommend you join the hop. It’s a great way to find some brilliant book blogs and chat to […]

For a while now I have been looking at my blog and thinking that it doesn’t have enough of a “feel” about it, but I didn’t really know where to start changing things. Yesterday I made enquiries on a Facebook group I use, asking where I could obtain a new header, one that I could […]

This weekend I have a birthday. In fact tomorrow I turn 40. This has been terrifying me for the past six months. I’ve always been proud of the fact that I look younger than my age, but there’s something different about turning forty. I’m now looking in the mirror and seeing the effects of age. […]

Today I had planned to do a blog post and was torn between two subjects. Both of them pretty trivial. Events of the day have taken over my thoughts as an 8.9 earthquake hits Japan causing a massive tsunami which is devastating the country. So instead of a frivolous blog post I thought I would […]