Time to reflect... Last time I wrote, I was shouting from the rooftops about my late arrival to the body acceptance club. At the tender age of forty, I had finally learnt to like (maybe even love) my body for the miracle it has, at last, allowed us to experience.…
Slow process... It has taken me a strangely long time to write this post; I’m not entirely sure why that is. I can, in part, blame being excessively busy and making slightly too frequent commutes between cities. However, that only accounts for a proportion of the reason. The rest of…
As Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week 2021 gets into full swing, I find myself even more reflective than usual. With the tagline Your Story Matters sufferers are being urged to speak out and share experiences. So I ask myself: what’s the story I want to tell? image courtesy of Claire…
I’m not sure I buy into the old cliché that life begins at *insert whatever age is applicable at the time of impending milestone*but I can’t deny that a lot has happened since my most recent momentous birthday. The last few months have been busy – filled with creativity and…
Classic building blocks Creative Contemplation I have always believed that everything happens for a reason, even though it often takes hindsight to recognise, and I tend to look at life's lessons as building blocks upon which to create our next chapter. Religious building blocks - apple & honey to bring…
#WALKIT with pride… I received something in the post last week which got me thinking. I was reminded of how it used to feel being given a badge for an achievement at swimming or brownies, or even how it felt to earn my LAMDA medals. Now firmly fixed to our…
Satisfaction Everyone who knows anything about me, knows that I love to bake. Few things give me greater satisfaction, than creating something that looks, smells and tastes fabulous, particularly when they’ve been baked using so-called special foods. These days, there is an alternative for everything. There’s even a new vegan…
Hooked Everyone has responded to COVID-19 in their own way, finding positivity and light relief wherever they could. Even now, as normality begins to resume, some people have kept up habits from lockdown. Granola is one of my lockdown habits that I have no intention of giving up. The empty…
If Music Be the Food Of Love... Twelfth Night's famous opening suggests that gorging on music will curb a person's appetite for love. In much the same way, Shakespeare believed that overindulgence would satiate hunger and deter a person from eating more. In fact, Shakespeare's plays are littered with references…
It certainly wasn’t the plan for my site makeover to take so long. That said, there are a few rather poetic aspects of the timing of my relaunch. Aside from syncing up nicely with World IBD Day 2021, and the world finally opening up after all this time in pandemic…