Two lives competing

  Last Thursday morning my boss asked how I was. I was exhausted. I'd been up until 3am with a vomiting toddler. The big man had put th...

Ode to the tired ones You, putting your make up on one handed, clinging onto the pole and trying not to poke yourself in the eye. Your skill...

I've been away for two, long, glorious weeks. This morning it was dark when I got up. First time this Autumn; I am scared of what this l...

A colleague and I were chatting about our weekend, and he mentioned having had a rare night free night out with just his wife. My gut reacti...

It's the end of a long, "If Carlsberg did bank holidays..." weekend. The sun came out again and again. We pottered by the rive...

Compromise.  The secret to lasting relationships. It sounds so civilised. The theory is that I want A. You want C. There's a halfway poi...

Today was busy. I negotiated through my meetings; wrote a briefing for our executive committee; supported my overworked team and started wri...