The Big Peace

The Big Peace comes back from holiday

So I was wrong. Inner peace doesn’t lie within….it’s all about lying on a beach and a yoga mat, plenty of wine, plenty of childcare and the odd spin on a boat. Just come back from Club Galini on Greek Island Leftkas and  I really  did feel incredibly  peaceful (with an odd hungover moment). Was [...]

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The Big Peace Goes On Holiday

So………a week in Greece for a yoga and sailing holiday. This is a first for me. I’ve never really done an activity holiday. You’d think that there is enormous potential for finding inner peace while doing my yoga stretching on a white beach and letting my hair get blown back on a small boat that [...]

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Imperial war museum

I took my son to the Imperial war museum in London on Sunday. It was quite an emotional afternoon. My son, who is 4, just loved the tanks and huge planes hanging from the roof but for me, I found it quite disturbing. There was a replica of the atom bomb from the 2nd World [...]

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Fast or slow?

I am noticing that I am fast. Not in that raised eyebrow kind of way. More’s the pity. But I do everything at speed. I consume food, liquids, books at a quite a pace. "Next! What’s new? What’s for pudding?" I’ve been reading a book called In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore – How [...]

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It’s My Birthday!

As 3 weeks has gone by without blogging – maybe the answer - is yes! I am lazy. But I have been too busy enjoying myself to blog. It’s my birthday and I’ve been going to yoga days, going out to dinner with my girlfriends, off to Paris for the weekend, going to the Chelsea Physic Garden for [...]

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