Early this year, I did a massive clean up and decluttering of both physical and online “stuff”. It was a cathartic experience to ditch a lot of things, clean out the garage as well as streamline all documents, files, photos and videos on the cloud. It had to be done and now I can progress […]
What Did You Miss in February?
Thanks to the deletion of social media on my phone, the removal of notifications and a bit of insomnia thrown in, my mojo for writing, creativity and learning has come back! Yay! It’s been a MAD writing month with some creativity thrown in where I am now on a fictional travel adventure around France in […]
Stop 3: Do You Know the Way to Vézelay?
I left Guèdelon with a tinge of sadness as I enjoyed my week learning medieval construction techniques and in particular, how to make traditional ceramic roof tiles. Part of me was disappointed that I learned a skill I would never use again. After all, when will I ever have an opportunity to tile a steep […]
Day 2: Guèdelon Castle
I’m continuing my discovery of the Burgundy region in France, taking my time to explore the Top 50 places in France on a whim. (See more WHY I’m doing this and where I started the journey here at Virtual Tour of Les Hospices de Beaune) This morning, I checked out of the delightful accomodation and […]
Day 1: Virtual Tour of Les Hospices de Beaune
Last night my husband asks me, “how about a trip to Paris in November?” My reaction? I know that it’s highly unlikely we’ll be travelling anywhere internationally for the next two possibly up to five years, sadly. What he meant to ask me is that we buy a couple of tickets to go see the […]
Baking
One of the things I’ve been doing a lot more with my time is cooking and baking things that I’ve never done before in an effort to try something new. I find I get into a rut sometimes and revert to cooking and preparing dinner that is something tried and tested because it means it […]
What Did Ya Miss in December?
Here’s my December posts you may have missed out on Nostalgia (a blog post on thinking about the past) Spaced Repetition in Learning (on the importance of repetition in order to learn something new) What I Learned About Myself – and About Learning – While Learning French Reflections of 2020 (2020 was a year where […]
Do You Share Testimonials?
Recently I was told something that made me sit up and scratch my head. I was told that there was a risk to my personal reputation if I presented public classes and if participants to these classes, took some issue over how I presented them, that they could write negative reviews online which would then […]
How to Use RSS Feeds
When I told some people about how I want to reduce my social media use and instead return to using my blog, they asked, “how will we find your blog if you’re not always on social media?” Well, I hate to say it but if you’re relying on social networks for you to find different […]
I Am Not a Cat
Last year, I experimented with Snapchat Camera on Microsoft Teams and it was a lot of fun. My boss Paul Woods has downloaded it on his desktop camera and naturally, I wanted in. You download the app onto your desktop and then you can add a variety of Snapchat filters and lenses to your camera […]