In this blog, I share the shape grief is taking for me two months in – through walking, connection, creativity, and the quiet spaces where life is slowly rearranging itself. June and July have been heavy months. And so, I’ve … Continued
A little over a month ago, my husband died. It was sudden. A road accident. And since then, everything has stopped. Everything has changed. Everything is different. I’m not going to talk about the circumstances here. What happened is being … Continued
My 2024 in 12 photos is an opportunity to look back over the last 12 months and remember some of the really good times. The end of December doesn’t have to signal any kind of evaluation of life lived. We … Continued
The Splodz Blogz Christmas Message 2024 “I believe that one fine day, that the power of love will rise above the love of power.” This lyric is from the song I Believe That One Fine Day by Alison Burns. It’s … Continued
A weekly blog with a difference, inspired by Vogue magazine’s 73 questions series. And now for something completely different… For my weekly blog episode this week, I am going all-in with a Q&A post inspired by (stolen from…) Vogue magazine’s 73-question … Continued
The Splodz Blogz Christmas Message 2023 Did you know that today – Friday 22 December – has been given the grand title of “National Day of Christmas Panic”? Apparently, today is the day that Brits are most likely to feel … Continued
It’s fair to say that life is well and truly back to normal. Whatever normal is, of course. We arrived home from our overland adventure in Morocco a little under two weeks ago now, and as is traditional in the … Continued
Time for another blog in my series of currently loving posts. These very bloggy lifestyle listicles, which I prepare every other month or so (the last one was in April 2023), allow me to share a list of ten things … Continued
Splodz Blogz, this little corner of the internet I call my own, turns 13 years old today. It’s becoming a teenager! Don’t worry, this isn’t a long post written as an excuse to link back to hundreds of previous posts … Continued
The end of the year naturally lends itself to reflection, an obvious opportunity to look back and recall some good memories from the last 12 months. And that’s exactly what I’m doing in this post – my year in review. … Continued