Hello, This month we're celebrating both International Day of Happiness and our blogs's 4th birthday. We'd like to send a heartfelt thank you - and a virtual slice of birthday cake - to all our readers, particularly those who've been with us ever since the beginning. If you are a long-standing reader, you may remember…
Hello, As the saying goes, a friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be. So, we'd like to say thank you to all our regular readers and welcome to those who have just joined us. We are so happy that you are here. We're…
Hello, First of all, a big thank you to The Patternistas for the wonderful image which tops today's post. It's been appearing on billboards and poster sites locally to cheer us up. Does life feel 'familiar, yet strangely new' where you are? It was how Ian Skelly, who presents on Radio 3 in the UK, described being…
Hello, Since we started planning today's post, the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic has been developing apace and many of us are facing unprecedented changes to our day to day lives. There are so many inspiring stories of the ways people are connecting in spite of restrictions on our movement and it seems appropriate…
Hello, In anticipation of International Day of Happiness and the blog's third birthday, this is to let you know that we'll be back on Friday, 20th March, with the first in our new series of monthly posts. Claire and Sam On anticipation - " 'Well', said Pooh, 'what I like best', and then he had…
