Monthly Archives: January 2007

You get all hot and bothered about comparisons between your music legends and the latest young buck to hit the scene…I read this article the other day comparing Prince with Justin Timberlake – assessing who was better etc.Now don’t get … Continue reading →

Circa the late 1980′s. Thatcher is in power. Bros are about to get us asking when will we be famous, and wearing beer bottle tops on our shoes. Prince has got us strutting about the sign of the times, doves … Continue reading →

I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember, and since graduating from the Paddington Bear series when I was 7 (which, incidentally, totally rocked) have sought to learn everything about life from what I read. I’m not saying … Continue reading →

One of the most powerful films I think I’ve seen – The Pursuit of Happyness.It retells a year in the story of Chris Gardner , now a multi- millionaire entreprenuer and philanthropist, then – a father raising his son in … Continue reading →

In another life, I’d have been on Broadway singing my guts out in musicals… Last night Chris and I watched Dreamgirls. It’s the film version of the musical which parallels/is loosely based on/is strangely similar to the rise of the … Continue reading →

Sally bought me this little thing which is hanging in my kitchen saying:“Good mothers have sticky floors, filthy ovens and Happy Kids!”If the above adage is true – then my girls are deliriously, gloriously, marvellously happy!And I, frankly, am phenomenal. … Continue reading →

Convenience is something that it seems like the US has down to a fine art. Appliances and gadgets that make life so much easier. Drive thru ATM’s for cash (not that you ever need cash when you have convenient things … Continue reading →

I have discovered that there are certain characteristics which are innate in humanity. Things which are part of the fabric of human nature. Instinctive, intuitive…Like the game TAG. That’s right, the game tag.In the middle of the night. Zoe cries … Continue reading →

New year, new life.It’s funny how things change. New Years used to revolve around resolutions and plans for the direction my year would take. I’d aim to travel to a new country, get involved in a new project, write something, … Continue reading →