Rules to live by
Found mylifeandtime’s blog while roaming this evening. She has the following (unattributed) motto/phrase on her blog. I don’t know if she wrote it herself but I couldn’t agree more. Looks like she’s moving her site to a photoblog, myirisheye. You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you [...]
The good guys don’t always win
On Sunday, I wrote about a pretty girl who made me smile. Yesterday, in a different context, I swapped a few pleasant messages on fjl’s evocative post about a sunny afternoon she spent with her family. Sadly, the good weather has now departed and my happy thoughts have exited stage left as well. Sigh. On [...]
What a strange 2 hours
It’s weird being a manager. For the last 2 hours, all my female business colleagues, or so it seems, have phoned or emailed me to complain about things. One colleague, a ‘junior’, may have made a mistake with a client who’s hopping mad via email. But that wasn’t enough so now she’s phoned to vent. [...]
I made two people smile today
I made two people smile today and it made me happy. I washed my clothes yesterday and noticed my recently worn shirts were all bright, sunny colours and it made me happy. I see the bees, recently released from their dungeon hive, drinking all the nectar they can, wild with the wonder of what, to [...]
I made my excuses and left
Went out for a spin on the bicycle this afternoon and headed off in the rough direction of Smithfield. I don’t know the area very well and thought it might be nice to have a gander at all the changes. It was also downhill from my house to Smithfield!! This was a very important lesson [...]
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