On Saturday night we went along to the fundraiser ceilidh organised by a couple of the girls who play basketball for City of Edinburgh Club. Over the years I have been to many ceilidhs but never on as inspirational as this one. What made this one so special?
It might have been that the youngsters who [...]
It occurred to me today that we are about to enter the 10th year of this millennium. How did that happen? It seems like just yesterday that we were all expecting computers to crash on January 1st and plans for the biggest and best fireworks demonstrations and parties were under way in every corner of [...]
I have an inexplicable fear of frogs. I have asked my parents and we can’t work out where it comes from. There is certainly no one incident in my past that we can remember – and my brother was a bit of a menace when we were growing up but I know he did’t bring [...]
In December 2003 I had a conversation with the senior partner of the firm I was working with about whether there was enough work for him to be able to keep me on staff in a full time capacity. Part time was possible but not what I wanted so we opted to part company. I [...]
I intended to write my own post on this topic then found ( courtesy of a link from my friend Steve Roesler) this excellent post by Pam Slim. There is nothing for me to add. Do yourself a huge favour and take time to read it – especially Pam’s list of good hard and bad [...]
