People sometimes used to tell me that childhood is the best time of your life. Anybody heard that one before? It seems to me that there's a kind of lottery involved in that assumption. Meaning.. If you happen to be born in good circumstances.. with love, peace and...

I said I would reveal the contents of my bag ...So here are my little nail polish bottles! They add a certain sparkle to the days..Small things folks.. Small things!

A Carmen Miranda bag…What could be more wonderfully kitch. Don't you just love it?!..Especially with the beads and sequins. I have no recollection as to how it came to be in my cupboard, but I just re discovered it. I'll show you the contents in my next blog!

Ok.. No prizes for guessing where I am and what I'm doing. Yes.. I'm sitting in a chair with a gown on. I'll be sat here for a good few hours while my head gets coated in bleach. Oh the price of vanity!!I've gone through this tedious ritual a million times.. At some...

I'm sending out a little light in the darkness.. Even if it's sun shiny you can always do with a bit of candle light to brighten up your soul.. Have been listen to "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Ann Peebles .. Boy do I know where that song's coming from people's!

Here's Page 288 in my copy of The Isle of Noise ( Conversations with great British songwriters ) which I received today. Featuring 25 artists such as the likes of Ray Davies, Paul Weller, and Sting..It makes for a fascinating read..Especially if you're trying to get a...

This is the piano that There Must Be an Angel ( Playing With my Heart) was first written on… It's been with me for the best part of three decades. What a privilege to have an upright like this oldie but goldie…

This one's for the lipstick lovers in the house! I don't know about you, but when I want something small to cheer myself up, it seems that nothing can beat the purchase of a new lipstick. Clearly there are billions of other folks on the planet (and I'm being non...

Bread and olive oil. They go together perfectly. Though there's a danger lurking when the waiter places them on the table and you're ravenously hungry - especially if the food's slow in arriving… Know what I mean brothers and sisters? I'll bet you do!

Thank you for all your posts in response to the last blog about Gered Mankovitch's exhibition. In case anyone happens to be in London over the next couple of months, you might want to visit the exhibition and check out his work directly. It's really quite an...

I'm sharing an article from The Guardian today, which headlines with the following (disturbing) statistic… The UN- led study on men and violence collected data from more than 10,000 men and 3,000 women aged between 18-49 between 2010 and 2013 in order to...

South Africa is a beautiful country…But in terms of social and economic disparity, poverty, housing and general services, unemployment, education, criminality and corruption, the Rainbow Nation has failed to deliver. When it comes to education, training and...

There's something about pomegranates that's so appealing. I've been a pomegranate fan since as far back as I can remember. Granted…They might not be the easiest fruit to deal with. It takes time and patience to carefully release each individual seed from it's...

I'm posting a magical scene today…something to transport you into nature. Wherever you are, you can always do with a break. Here's a  shaded wood, with ferns among the grass, sunshine and shadows..

Food for thought.. Here's my somewhat dog eared copy of the Cookery Book – first published by her husband, Samuel Beeton in 1861, it was an immediate success,selling 60,000 copies in its first year and totalling nearly two million up to 1868. Commonly known as...

I LOVE what Eve Ensler and V-Day is creating with The City of Joy… Read about it and prepare to be "awed". This is true activism at it's very best! V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler was in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in August....

I'm sending out a glass teapot today… As you do!

So last night I watched the first part of the documentary about The Eagles , which was released earlier this year. If you're an Eagles fan it's an absolute "must see". It's beautifully made, with fascinating archive footage going all the way back to their...