What meant the most to you in 2016, gentle reader? I would love to know. Please consider sharing your highlights of the year with the #3goodthings2016 hashtag. All years are a balance of fair and foul. It’s no secret that 2016 was – to put it mildly – a rollercoaster of a year. The world […]
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#7songs2016: All in All by @sbrownehr
A Boxing Day present for you, gentle reader. It’s my honour today to share a lovely guest post from my dear friend Steve Browne – quite possibly the most upbeat and inspiring gent you will meet in social media land. Steve is an HR director, a board member of SHRM, and a constant, singularly positive […]
Merry Fweepmas, gentle reader
Season’s greetings, gentle reader – and on behalf of my guinea pigs, might I wish you a very merry Fweepmas? My very good friend Kate Griffiths-Lambeth has generously allowed me to share some seasonal words over on her blog today: Angels around you at all times. If you know Kate, you will know what an […]
#7songs2016: Move over for a damage case?
If you had to pick seven songs from this year or yesteryear that have meant the world to you in 2016, what would they be? Things get distinctly metallic here, with some help from my final two #7songs2016 picks, and from my good friend Mathew Davies. #7songs2016 (VI): Metallica – Atlas, Rise! Metallica are quite […]
#7songs2016: Unfunky presidents, @runjewels & @atcq
If you had to pick seven songs from this year or yesteryear that have meant the world to you in 2016, what would they be? “You just changed, a brand new funky President,” sang James Brown back in 1974. “Eric B is president,” suggested Rakim back in 1987.* Funk, soul and hip hop music have […]
#7songs2016: Of Mobience and Talking Heads
If you had to pick seven songs from this year or yesteryear that have meant the world to you in 2016, what would they be? The best music is timeless. And some of it is completely free. All music plays with time. You might want a song you love never to end. You might want […]
#7Songs2016 (1): The shadow of the Thin White Duke
If you had to pick seven songs from this year or yesteryear that have meant the world to you in 2016, what would they be? I so enjoyed the #7songs “challenge” last year that I thought I’d try my own twist on it this year. Hence #7songs2016. Let’s kick it off with a beautiful jazz […]
A Saturday digest: Many lifetimes in this one lifetime?
God in drag. Letting agency leeches. Echo chambers. Unexpected items. Gentle reader: I’m going to share here a selection of things that I’ve found interesting, thought-provoking or laugh-out-loud funny over the past week. To Google Earth one’s life Identity is never fixed. Life is singularly absurd. Happiness comes from without. Joy comes from within. There […]
Approach it with joy and zeal
There has been much to move a soul to tears in 2016. A year ago, would anyone have believed how many beloved public figures would pass away within just a short 12-month span?* A year ago, would anyone have guessed that the most apt “elevator pitch” for the story 2016 in politics** would be a […]
To be intolerant of intolerance
The only thing of which we should be intolerant is intolerance itself. Tolerance, compassion, kindness and patience should be our watchwords. “London is one of the most tolerant cities in the world and intolerant of intolerance.”* To be intolerant of intolerance. This should be our aim as tensions mount and divisions grow in the wake […]
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