Social media: description vs. reality
It’s a funny old thing social media. All those posts about what people are up can make you feel as though you are somehow failing at life, that your life … Continue reading
Deaf/deaf awareness
I am doing an online British Sign Language course at the moment (http://www.british-sign.co.uk/). It’s VERY early days – I have learnt the alphabet, numbers 1 to 100 and some basic … Continue reading
Wedding readings
I married my wonderful man last weekend and I had planned a blog post about reconciling feminism and marriage but in the end, the day was not about patriarchy or feminism or anything … Continue reading
The tyranny of TripAdvisor
I have spent the weekend researching and booking a week’s self-catering accommodation in Santorini. It’s finally done, but I almost feel like I need a holiday to recover from the … Continue reading
UN Day against Trafficking and for Friendship
It’s my birthday today. I thought I’d see what else is going on this day and as well as sharing a birthday with Kate Bush, Emily Bronte and Liz Kershaw … Continue reading
Proliferation of email
I was looking for an email at work earlier today and I happened to notice that in my ‘Sent’ folder there are 24,996 emails. Yes, that’s right, 25 THOUSAND emails. … Continue reading
Returning home
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions 2016
I like making New Year’s resolutions, although they are more akin this year to ideas and suggestions for the year ahead rather than rigid rules. Every year I count up … Continue reading
Consumerism at Christmas
My partner and I are 7 weeks through an 11 week work trip away from the UK. The remaining 4 weeks away include Christmas and so before we came away … Continue reading
Possessions – tethers to the past and future?
We are in week 6 of our trip away and I have been thinking about possessions. I brought with me one suitcase and some hand luggage which basically comprised clothes, … Continue reading
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