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Whales: Perspective
Whales. Poor whales. Poor dead sperm whales, to be specific. Six of them have beached themselves on the east shores of the UK over the last few weeks. I don’t have any theories as to why they washed up. They … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, culture, life, musings, perception, perspective, thinking, thoughts, writing
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Misery loves company. Or not…
I just re-read a book by accident. It was Stephen King’s Misery. I don’t read horror books any more (I still watch horror films though). So, I was just looking through one of the many boxes of books I still haven’t unpacked since moving house, … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, change, creative, growing up, life, musings, perception, perspective, psychology, storytelling, thinking, thoughts, words, writing
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“Save one life, save the world.”
Sir Nicholas Winton died this week. If you want to know who he was and what he did, read a bit about him at The Power of Good. He rescued around 669 children from the Nazi death camps. It was only … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, belief, change, copywriter, difference, life, musings, people, perspective, society, thinking, thoughts, words, writing
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Never Mind The Irony …
So Virgin are offering these ‘punk’ credit cards. Oh the wonderful irony of it! Did the marketing/brand team really believe people would think, ‘Hey! I’m such a rebel! No-one owns me!’ … As they take out their credit card to fund their … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, copywriter, creative, life, marketing, musings, perspective, punk, thinking, thoughts, work
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Dinosaur in London!
I got a call (well, a tweet) from an ex-colleague on Monday, offering me the chance of a few days work at a large ad agency in London. As I’m not that busy with my own business, I thought ‘Why … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, ageing, ageism, change, confidence, copywriter, creative, difference, growing up, life, musings, older women, perspective, self esteem, self image, society, thinking, thoughts, women, work
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A moving experience
My blog has been sadly neglected. Poor little bloggy. Moved house. Moving on. Saying goodbye to some things. It was quite cleansing to unburden myself. Going through piles of papers. Throwing out crumpled cartoons, wrinkled pages of writing, years and years worth of diaries. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, change, creative, growing up, life, musings, perspective, poetry, thinking, thoughts, words, writing
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