Life

Do you remember when you were a teenager and couldn’t wait to wear makeup?  I was about 13 years old when I started trying out things to put on my face.  I didn’t have much, but maybe some eye shadow, and some lipstick in colours that absolutely did not suit my colouring at all. How […]

What were children’s playgrounds like when you were growing up?  Of course, your answer will depend on how old you are and where you grew up. Playground nostalgia I remember Australian playgrounds in the 1970s – metal slides which burned your skin on hot sunny days.  There were swings, too.  Sometimes they were made of […]

Plastic products A hot topic these days is the problem we have with single-use plastic products.  We’ve all read about how we’re destroying our wildlife, and indeed our planet, with our plastic rubbish. So now we’re all making an effort to reduce how much plastic we use and how much plastic we’re throwing away.  And […]

Are you happy? Have you asked yourself this question lately?  I mean, have you stopped everything you’re doing, looked deep into your soul and asked yourself ‘Am I happy?’ No?  Try it. Yes?  What did you find?  What was the answer? 6 months ago I asked myself this question earlier this year, maybe 6 months […]

For almost all of my life, I’ve dried my clothes in the fresh (or not so fresh, depending on my location) air.  I’ve never owned a clothes dryer.   Sometimes, when I didn’t even have a washing machine, I used to go to the local laundromat and wash and dry my clothes there.  So the only […]