It’s been said that if you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy. It’s a sobering thought. I don’t generally view myself as being wealthy. I think I have lived so much of my life struggling to make ends meet and living on an overdraft that it’s still a shock to realise I hav

I am a great believer in giving to charity. I support several financially by standing order from my bank, but there are other ways of...

The world is a mess. Headlines in the news and on social media scream of war, hatred, pain, and loss. Our children are fearful for the...

When I turned thirty, I went on a crying jag. As far as I was concerned, the best of my years were behind me and there was nothing to...

When I was a child, there was a drama on TV about a mining community in the north. called Sam. I remember the end of one episode very...

A couple of things had me considering the nature of time recently. First, a good friend wrote a blog post about her son moving up...

It is just over a year since my first book went live on Amazon, and I’m amazed at how things have snowballed since that first foray into...

It’s the start of another year, and like many people, I am looking back at 2022 with a mix of pride and regret, whilst looking forward to...

Have you ever stopped to imagine how much your words are worth? Recently, I discovered exactly how much mine were, when the hard drive on...

I have been thinking a lot about dying recently. The recent pandemic has shown us that life is fleeting, and none of us can guarantee...

The other day, I decided to write the acknowledgements page for my first book. I have never really bothered reading them before, but as I...