Yesterday I spent the morning in the company of 4 people that I got to know through Twitter. Margaret and Jo – aka @mmid1 and @jocoach – live locally and Liz and Stu – aka @coachingconnect and @youthcoachPCF had just cycled all the way from Devon – yes that’s Devon in the far south of England [...]
At my friend’s birthday lunch I didn’t know any of the other guests so had a great time finding out about them over some great food and nice wine ( yes- I know it was lunchtime but it was a special occasion). After a while I mentioned something about my work and the lady sitting [...]
Whilst walking on the beach my friend and I met this lovely pair of horses. The owner told us that the lighter coloured one – who is 7 years old and blind in one eye - was a recent purchase although they were worried that their existing horses would not be happy with a young frisky new member of the “family”. The big surprise therefore was that [...]
On a visit to the birthplace of John Muir ( conservationist and founder of National Parks in the US) in Dunbar in beautiful East Lothian, Scotland I came across this window etched with a quote from the great man and I decided it was too good an opportunity to miss so I took a photo. [...]
When Scotland on Sunday Business columnist Michelle Rodger asked me to to contribute to an article about the use of language and the “hidden” meanings of some of the words and phrases we use it got me onto my favourite subject.
Right away I realise that the headline for this post might not be helpful. You [...]