I love the sea. I grew up on the eastern coast of Southern Africa (the Indian Ocean), one of the best surfing areas in the world. I spent so much time swimming, running along the beach, lying in the sun,… Read More ›
Personal
Received this email today – I am quite flattered I earned the attention and effort
Hmmm…..one of these maybe?
Ancestry DNA results are in!
I was rather surprised at the amount of British I have in me, given that I had a German mother and Irish father. Though one of my grandmothers was British. I did my DNA through ancestry.com, because it has a… Read More ›
Smallpox vaccination scars
I overhead a young boy on the train the other day asking their mother why ‘old people’ had circular scars on their upper arms. As one of those people, I never ever think about it but it must seem strange… Read More ›
BowieCat!
One of my students gave me this the other day as a thank you for the term. I was so thrilled. She knows me well! It was hand designed just for her by a tattoo artist.
Badly designed websites REALLY annoy me!
I just cannot stand companies who want to be on the internet and social media but don’t understand how it works. They want to have a social media presence because ‘everyone else has one’ but they don’t understand they have to be… Read More ›
My big project of the year – declutter!
This year has been an immensely productive one for me. I am so proud of myself and I feel amazing – I am not sure if it is because I have finally done something I have been wanting to do… Read More ›
