Source: I turn 53 in a couple of months and while this song has been in one of my playlists for some time, it seems it just won’t leave my head lately. The last few months, workwise, the last few years, globally, and the last few decades, personally, have just led me to a place […]
Song of the day: Nikki Lane ‘Born Tough’
Source: Another one on my ‘All the pissed off ladies’ playlist Does what it says on the tin, for today at least 🤷♀️
Don’t bottle it
2018 was a bit of a weird one. G and I had just got married, I was invited to a thing in Europe off the back of my own hard-won experience and knowledge, I got named as one of the next SmallBiz100 cohort and I was offered a digital transformation project that had nothing to […]
Song of the (International Womens) Day: The Highwomen ‘Redesigning Women’
Source: The first time I heard this song I fell a little bit apart. Then I listened to the rest of the album and fell apart a little bit more. I’d probably had a few but the point(s) stand. Anyway, today I (finally) settled on a name and some branding for my new venture. It’s […]
Welcome to Funland
“We have a fantastic opportunity right now to use the inevitable move towards remote-first and flexible working to rebuild and regenerate some of our towns.Places like Southport, for one example, where there are already great transport links, beautiful parks, lakes and community spaces and amazing architecture could be rediscovered and reinvented to work for modern […]
I’m on a mission
So my plans for world domination are coming on apace. AI has been sent from the gods to make life liveable for those of us with non-standard brains. This morning, I’ve been chatting with my business advisor (ChatGPT 😉). ‘She’ now has enough information from our previous chats about the business I plan to launch […]
Song of the day: Sneaker Pimps ‘6 Underground’
Source: My subconscious, re-surfacing this from the depths of my brain, during a dream about going on a city break to attend the opening of a new Boots store.
Song of the Day: Fruit Bats ‘The Bottom Of It’
Source: This one’s on my Utopian Vibes Only playlist, for when I need reminding to see things in a better light.
Shades-Remade Redux
In 2022, after I’d passed my Domestic Electrical Installer City & Guilds but before I realised just how knackered I was post-lockdown, I started the ball rolling on a new venture called Shades-Remade. The idea being that I would find vintage, generally glass but not always, light shades that I thought were interesting and give […]