It’s a strange world… In 1950, the Gilbert toy company, A.C. Gilbert, released a kit that allowed children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using actual radioactive material! The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab set originally sold for $49.50 (around $500 today) and contained the following: Battery-powered Geiger counter Spinthariscope Electroscope Wilson cloud chamber “Nuclear spheres” for making a model of …
A client of mine is building new office space at the moment, and that started me thinking about the love-hate relationship people (including myself) have with modern office spaces, particularly open-plan offices. While personally, I am one of those ‘curled in in an over-stuffed leather sofa beside a fire, surrounded by wall-to-ceiling deep wooden bookshelves …
If you have been following one or more of my blogs for a while, you will know that while I haven’t until now posted specifically about the digital tech arena, I am geek-speaking digital nomad – so figured it was high time I shared with you some of what I normally just investigate etc for …
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What I am about to share may be viewed by some to be elitist, snobbish, or other such reflection – or even plain wrong. From my perspective, this was a moment to cherish. Sitting beside the fire in the bar of the Victorian mansion in which I am spending a week over the new year …
I’m not talking about texting while driving, nor holding a book, phone or tablet precariously while driving… I am talking about audio-books! As you probably know, I am about to head off on another road trip – this time up to Scotland for a few weeks. Any time you are a captive audience such as …
We often see advertisements telling of the sadness and lack in third-world countries, and asking for our help. Right or wrong, I have never been inclined to support those causes as, to me, it feels that my energy is going in the direction of focusing on the lack, rather than the abundance. Being part of …
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been thinking that it would be wonderful to have my photos distributed to a wider audience… Almost immediately, I learned (as I put in a post a few days ago) that The Guardian Newspaper had featured one of my photos; and then that seven of my photos …
I just received a message from a friend to tell me that one of my photos was featured in The Guardian newspaper..? Having no idea how that could have come about, I went hunting… Then, I come to discover my photo has been featured as part of The Guardian’s coverage of The Historic Photographer …
Sitting here happily working away at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, and probably as it is only two days away from the commemoration of Armistice Day, the music playing in the background is all 1940s… Several of the songs being played were favourites of my great-grandmother who largely raised me – and as such, I …
For personal reasons – as well as being laid up with a nasty bug – this weekend was quite sad and challenging. Rather than put on a brave face and shove the emotions down or aside, I chose to honour the feelings and allow them to simply ‘be’. When, by Monday morning however I still …
Oh my! I have been busily tracing a particular line of my ancestry and what I find most astonishing is not that I have been able to trace them back to the late 1400’s… (and to the left is the family crest) What astonished me – and, if I’m honest, touched my soul – was …
You know those weeks where nothing of great significance in the overall scheme of the world has happened, but yet there have been so many little amazing things that together the week has felt quite extraordinary? I have been struck several times this week with the thought that today – at this very moment – …
What’s really funny is that when I just read the email advising me that Bridgit’s series had been awarded a silver medal – the first thing I thought wasn’t “that’s sooooo cool!” – it was “hmmmmmm, what do I need to do to get her to GOLD?!” Anyway, am already working on Book Three so …
More good news! I am SO proud of Bridgit… Here is the review they posted when they announced Quantum Lace had earned the Literary Classics International Seal of Approval: In 1895 Lady Bridgit’s dream is interrupted by a lucid encounter with a man named Markus, a person living in the future. Shrugging the encounter off …
I was thrilled just now to receive an email advising me that Bridgit (my Quantum Lace series) was awarded an “Honorable Mention” in the New York Book Festival! I am currently (at the time of writing this post) writing Book Three and expect to have it published within the next few weeks. While I do …
I live an amazing life many people say they could only dream of living… but when it comes down to it – therein actually lies one of the keys to living an extraordinary life – ‘dreaming’ that you can! However, that’s where most people stop. We have all heard that we must set goals that …
Something that has been on my bucket list – and my heart – for quite a while, is to adopt, or at least sponsor, a retired working horse. So, when a new client fell into my lap unexpectedly, I decided to check another two humanitarian things off my list – making a Kiva loan, and …
A what??? A Kiva Loan! Kiva is an international non-profit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people all over the world and through lending – not charity – to alleviate poverty. I am very much a believer in giving to people who are working to manifest a better …
Unlike most people, I actually enjoy checking my emails of a morning – primarily because I love what I do, the people with whom I work, and the really cool ‘stuff’ (technical word – LOL!) to which I have subscribed… …and when I checked my emails this morning, I was greeted with an even greater …
As I write this, I am sitting in a lovely penthouse in Italy (technically in Lido di Ostia, less than an hour from Rome and only two blocks from the Tyrrhenian Sea), researching the third book in my Quantum Lace series… …and I completely forgot to let you know that Book Two is available on Amazon …
The subject of death, dying, epitaphs and such has been strangely prominent with several of my friends and colleagues lately, so I thought it apt that given I don’t have immediate relatives who know my wishes, to state them here. …and just in case you are worried – don’t be – I don’t plan on going anywhere …
Curled up at home here in Italy, I just watched one of the most EXTRAORDINARY movies I have ever experienced – and one that is about a lot more than just Formula One… Directed by Ron Howard, to say this movie is about the rivalry between Nikki Lauder and James Hunt would be akin to saying War …
What language do they speak in Vienna? One would think the obvious answer is “German”, ya? German may be the official language, however during my stay I have been making myself understood with a variety of English, German, French and Italian (and given that the only language in which I am moderately fluent is English, …
Feeling so blessed… I just took a moment to read the reviews thus far for my beloved Bridgit (Lady Bridgit Darnell) and not only do I feel so very honoured and blessed by the reviews that have been posted, but feel ever so appreciative for the time these people invested to read the story that …
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