Today's window takes party hats as its subject, to be more precise it references all the different hats that we find ourselves wearing.

It seems that along with our cheery elves, chubby Santa stories and children playing in the snow, we also like to feel a little scared.

There are several 'family recipes' that I would like to have, if only we had asked these relatives to write them down at the time.

Putting my thoughts on paper opened a door... I began to use my blogging to help me to make sense of certain anxieties & confidence issues.

Now I find that the real monsters that lurk under my bed are less tangible yet infinitely more scary.

I am reminded of those childhood games and stories that the mud-pie making version of me would create.

The theme of this piece is the connection of community and is inspired by a truly marvellous lady and her collection of ribbons.

Do we lose our identity as we grow older? This post finds me in reflective mood about who I really am.

It seems the annual talk of resolutions makes me adopt a reflective mood on a regular basis. Do you do the same?

I am struggling with all of the noise, the relentless headlines & those with loud voices who seldom appear to have any humility...

What started with a simple object in a ten minute writing exercise, grew into the outline of a character in my head. Her name was Doris.

As we stand on the verge of another year, one we all hope brings some positive outcomes, I find myself turning to my writing again.

I looked at myself in the mirror with the overwhelming question of ‘how old do you think you are?’

Now the concept of confidence is a curious thing – it can disappear in the blink of an eye but takes so long to claw it back again...