Category: anxiety

  • Flash Tea

    This week I purchased some quality herb tea. A flash brand, rather than the sawdust they sell in the supermarkets. What I like most (beyond the taste of course) are the tags. Each one has a message printed on it. Today’s tag says, ‘Life without love is like a ship without sails’. Nice. How romantic.  My…

  • Public Speaking

    Now here’s a topic bound to generate some discussion – public speaking. For most of us it’s something to be avoided at all costs. Bad enough being a writer, but asking us to speak, to an audience, who might not like what we have to say…come on! Do the askers not know…

  • And remember to breathe…

    Yes…well…I signed off social media in order to begin my re-write of ‘The Novel’. And I did do a major chunk. Truly, I did. And then I stopped. Why? Because the intensity of such a close relationship called for some time out. Then, I got creative in other ways. Being a bit of an…