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"I am so overcome, I can't believe it! Oh my God, I am so thrilled."OK, so that's actually from my Oscar acceptance speech but I am very honoured to have been given my first blogging award from my friend Suzannah at Joy Frequencies. Being appreciated by fellow...

He follows me down the hall,recognising signs of impending departure.A change of footwear.The noisy gathering up of keys, phone and glasses.His big brown eyes following my every move.He pads after me, backwards and forwards,carefully treading that thinnest of...

It is now mid September and although we have been experiencing a mini Indian Summer of late, there is a bite in the air, particularly after sunset that reminds me that we have now truly arrived in Autumn. And this is my very favourite season of the year.Somewhere,...

Music, like our sense of smell, has the power to transport us back to a time and to a particular place in an instant. When that music is live, the effect is more intense.Thirty years ago, myself and my best pal, took to following two particular Dublin bands on a very...

The girls going back to school has restored order to our lives again. The alarm is set for the same time each day and signals the beginning of a carefully (most of the time) choreographed routine as the five of us prepare for the day ahead.After the unstructured days...

Today the kids went back to school. And as I watched them head in the gates and renew school friendships again after the summer I thought about the importance of school friends. I have many friends, gathered from various stages in my life. But my two oldest friends...

This is the view from my eye view when I am cooking dinner - particularly if it involves chicken.Makes me nervous - 6 eyes boring into my back. And one day I will fall over them all as I move from cooker to sink and back again! I would be very lonely without them...

It was a gorgeous warm, sunny and still day. The lake reflecting the sky perfectly. Our picnic ended being a stand up and run around affair for the girls who were terrorised by wasps! Silly women! Dylan is not the most enthusiastic swimmer on the planet. He prefers a...

We have just one week left of Summer Holidays. Today is Sunday and this day next week, my girls will be making sure they have all they need for their return to school on the Monday. A new school year and both of them move on to new teachers and a new classroom. And as...

The first hints of autumn are in the air today. A hint of dampness.A change in the light.A slowing of energy.A sense of the Earth drawing energy inwards.The animals are feeling it too.

First of all, thanks to all who left a comment on my previous post on the subject of Living Your Best Life. Having had a week to mull this over and the inspiration provided by your thoughts, here is some of what I think.Know who you are: I know this sounds maybe a...

I am sure that all of us want to live our best life. We only get one shot at this particular existence and so we owe it to ourselves and to those with whom we share our life to ensure it is the very best version we can make it.But what does living our best life really...