For several weeks now, I have been afraid of the post. If I’m at home when it arrives, I dread walking over to pick it…
I was ten years old when, along with my 14-year-old neighbour, I developed the world’s first carpenter ant extermination system. It was genius. Pure, simple…
Today is Tartan Day, a day when people around the world celebrate their Scottish heritage and ancestry. I’m not Scottish*, but as Scotland is where my…
By the time I was six years old, I had consumed countless s’mores. They’ve been a part of my life for as far back as I…
I used to be the most amazing sleeper. I went to bed around 10 o’clock and woke up refreshed and alert when my alarm went…
I read an interesting article today about happiness. Specifically, it outlined the one thing you should do to be happy, and that was to stop trying to be happy; to stop searching for…
Well, it would seem that yesterday’s story about my fantastic opportunity to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon was believed by at least a few…
When I was accepted to my PhD programme, I went straight to work trying to determine how I would pay for it all. After all, the three-year…
Home is a hard place for me to define; more so as I don’t know where I will be living over the next few months – and…
I’m going to delve into a short(ish) stream of consciousness for a bit here because there’s a lot on my mind that I’ve wanted to share, but…
Last night, I found myself sleeping on the cold streets of Edinburgh in the howling winds and forbidding temperatures. It was miserable weather for being…
Today is International Happiness Day, so I thought I’d talk about happiness; my happiness, your happiness, and the world’s happiness in general. The day was “invented”…
It seems that the craft bug has bitten me again – oh, dear! And, once again, I’ve crafted something that I don’t plan on keeping. I’ve been planning…
I have finally done it! I have finally started selling my swirls! As you likely know by now, I have been swirling for nearly three years. (Thankfully,…
There is a glitch in Just Frances, the person, that I can’t seem to repair. It started when I first got the Frances 3.0 upgrade…
There was an interesting piece in The Guardian’s Running Blog yesterday about running with music. The post offered insights from two runners – a pro-music runner and a no-music runner – and…
I wish on eyelashes. I don’t know when it started. Maybe my parents taught me the superstitious act. I can’t remember. But what I know for…
Right now, my thoughts are all about money; lots and lots and lots of money. Not in a materialistic way, but in a practical way.…
It’s National Grammar Day in America, when grammarians will march forth on 4th March to spread the good word. (That’s good word, not well word.) And as a lingual hobbyist, I…
I have finally managed to complete my first race of 2013 as part of my Race a Month Challenge. The race, the Buchlyvie 10K, was meant to take place on…