Musings :: Moments :: Memories
February has felt like a strange mix of momentum and stillness—a month of small achievements and moments of quiet, of pushing forward but also needing to pause. It started with a bit of a wake-up call regarding my health, which spurred me into action. The idea of becoming more active initially felt like a chore,… Continue reading February Reflections
Today is the last day of January (finally!) and so also the last day of my month of blogging every day. I love doing this challenge as it helps to reinvigorate my writing habits and reminds me why I enjoy posting. This is a strange thing that I do - I am aware of this… Continue reading Last Day of Bloganuary
Happy new year! It has been a rather muted start to the year. Life is a bit slower than usual. It is going to be tricky to get us all back into the swing of normal life as we have settled rather nicely into the easy mornings and late nights of the Christmas period. Over… Continue reading Hello 2025
I am not going to be writing every day on here but I do want to maintain a somewhat regular writing habit as I have really enjoyed engaging with my blog again and I hope you have enjoyed it too. When I started blogging way back in 2008, I use my blog as a memory-keeping… Continue reading Five Goals for February
I welcomed the new year with my oldest dear friends as we all squished into our house for a New Year weekend of fun; I connected with friends for dinner, and coffee and I even managed to FaceTime with my brother! My word of the year has already made an impact. I made a list… Continue reading Five Lovely Things about January
The previous incarnation of this blog, Single Glorious Thing, marked a shift in gears. As the pandemic struck in 2020, I had been struggling to find a rhythm in writing and so I tried something different. For a while, it was helpful to focus on those simple (and sometimes not so simple) pleasures and glories… Continue reading Keeping it Fresh
It is halfway through 2022 and I haven't written a blog post since I managed to write every day for January. I thought I had cracked my writing drought but as usual, without the concrete obligation of an arbitrary challenge, I have not been able to keep it going. I haven't added any words to… Continue reading Halfway
Five Things I Know: I know how to analyse the writer's use of language and structure. I studied English Literature at GSCE, A-Level, and degree level but it was only when I started teaching English that I think really mastered the art of analysis. I love pulling the words apart and interrogating the text to… Continue reading A Knowing List
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have been feeling nostalgic lately for those Google Reader days when I followed many, many blogs and would check my blog feed aggregator excitedly for the latest posts from my favourite blogs. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are now my go to places to wile away some time. Then I… Continue reading A Blog Reader
I have been wanting to write something since we started this period of social distancing but I hadn't really known where to start. I kept opening up this space to share my thoughts but those thoughts became elusive, hiding in the shadows. Part of the problem is that I associate this place with normality and… Continue reading A Spring Clean
Notes From My Day 