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The yoga of nervous laughter
'The next session will be partner yoga,' said Tashi at Kaliyoga in France. My heart sank. We'd done this in Spain and, to be honest, I hadn't been wild about it then and my view hadn't changed with...
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How do you holiday?
‘Can we have a proper holiday this year, Mum?’ said James.‘Huh? A proper holiday?’‘Yeah, you know…one that isn’t some last minute panic. A proper, thought-about, planned, booked holiday, where we...
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The cafe at the end of the world...
So we drove for hours from the airport, through scrubby desert, past villages straggling either side of the heat-shimmered road. Watermelons. Goats in trees. ‘Are they for real?’ said Rachel.‘The...
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What we didn't do in Morocco
We were going to do so much. James fancied quad biking over the dunes. I fancied galloping over the sands. We both had our eyes on camels. We were going to haggle for stuff in the souk (we’re the...
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A tender process - tales from the yoga mat
So. You may remember Tashi, the wonderful yoga teacher from Kaliyoga France? Well, a while back, I asked her about the emotional and psychological impact of yoga for a feature I was writing. And...
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Superbreakfast!
Now the thing is, I eat pretty erratically plus I’m vegetarian, so my diet doesn’t necessarily hit muster as far as providing energy, vital nutrients and all on an ongoing basis goes. Sorry, that is a...
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Happy Families? How do you do summer?
So I was talking to a friend (well, emailing) and she was feeling guilty. ‘The holidays are nearly over and I don’t feel I’ve done anything with the children. I mean, what will they remember when...
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The hierarchy of knickers, hairy bottoms and how ginger pubes could...
So, I was just about to strip off when I remembered.‘Damnit,’ I said to Cathie. ‘I’ve got my godawful scratty workout knickers on.’Kinda...Let me swiftly explain that Cathie is a…well…what is she? A...
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Does it matter?
But seriously. I’m sitting outside in the sun, hearing the church bells ring the hour. Noon. I’ve just had an early lunch (chick pea dahl) and have fed the dogs (not chick pea dahl). And I’m sort...
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You have the right to remain silent...
You have the right to remain silent. Ah, but we don’t, do we? We are compelled to talk, to relate, to narrate, to dictate, to gossip, to speculate, to whisper and shout and share. Even those of us...
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Why we don't buy glossy magazines
So people aren’t buying women’s magazines any more? Or at least, not so much. In the Telegraph, Jo Fairley called the latest circulation figures a ‘bloodbath’. She reckons we aren’t buying the...
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The Number Seven Walking Book Club
Little things, local things, said my friend Sandie and I thought, she’s got a point. I should make an effort. We humans are surely not intended to be so solitary? And then, serendipity, I saw a...
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Back to school...for all of us.
autumncozy.tumblr.comAnd suddenly, that’s it. Summer has ended. On Sunday I was lying out in the garden, lolling on the lawn, dog at side, book in hand. Today, abruptly, it’s autumn. My fingers...
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In which Rita, Jammy and I spend a day chatting about what I don't want.
‘Mum, you need a new phone. It’s ridiculous.’ So said James and I couldn’t argue. I mean, who has a phone they can’t use? I mean, one that can’t be used. By dint of there being no O2 coverage on...
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Flatmates from hell...
So someone on Twitter was asking for flat-mate horror stories and I tweeted, ‘I had one who used to shoot at people out the window –does that count? And the one who moved his entire family into the...
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Apparently I'm a holistic hero...
My emails have been pretty grim lately. Not much in the way of good news. Mainly pleading notes from my accountant and apologies from editors who can't afford to pay any more. So, if anyone has a...
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The Hedgerow Handbook
Adele Nozedar…bit of a legend. I first met her in London, way back when I was working on the Evening Standard, pretending to be a music journalist while she was being the real deal in the music...
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Paralysed in the South American jungle waiting to be eaten by cannibalistic ants
So, life’s been pretty shitty lately. The project that was going to save my bacon vanished into thin air and then the back-up plan obviously figured that looked like jolly fun and promptly followed...
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Snug, cool, snug-cool-warm...and Moccis.
Lately the word that rules my life is ‘snug’. Could have something to do with the icy breeze gusting through the window of my office or the manic hailstorm that flung itself around the house this...
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The Sky is Not Blue - in conversation with Sandie Zand
For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure, let me introduce Sandie Zand. I met Sandie on Authonomy several years ago and consider her a very good friend. But, as you'll know, I don't...
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