Over the last few days, I have found that I have needed to drag the fleeces out of their summer hibernation, and have seen the electric blanket find its way back onto the bed - yes autumn is welcoming the early signs of winter onto our doorstep.

On the upside, the grass won't need cutting every week for a few months!

I sometimes long to live ( Read more... )

For some years now I have been addicted to a computer game called Football Manager. It used to be called "Championship Manager" and is a tactical strategy game where you manage a football club and deal with everything from buying and selling players, to arranging tactics for the matches ahead.

Up until recently I was winning everything, the ( Read more... )

They say that phoenix rises from the ashes, and when a door closes, another one always open, well all I can say is watch this space!

For several days I have been yelling at the universe to stop kicking me and start helping me and it wasn't until yesterday that I remembered WE control the universe by our moods, thinking and creativity. We manifest ( Read more... )

I sat at home today, pondering the largest of life's questions, like why are we here, what is life about, how does the universe figure in the answers to all these questions, a little like the Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy and by 7.30 p.m. I had solved the equation that has baffled so many intelligent thinkers for centuries.....

The answer is ( Read more... )

When life starts getting me down and I seem to be hitting my head on the proverbial "brick wall" - I know I'm in need of a fishing trip!

For me standing on a beach with the wind blowing gently in my face, and the tide coming in around me, is relaxing. It doesn't matter whether I catch any fish or not, that's just an added bonus! I guess it's the ( Read more... )