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Monday Moment: How do we silence ourselves?
This weekend I went to see The Artist. A super film and a real reminder that you don’t need 3D and a zillion special effects to create a great movie. Whether it deserved all the hype, I’m not convinced, but it was well worth seeing – if only for Uggie the dog who really does steal… (read more)
Then and now!
Well here we have it. The ‘Tina joins Pixieland’ pictures. So last year …. So this year… temporarily a pixie but the bob will be back! And these… I just love ‘em! Thank you Bev Perkins for a fabulous set… (read more)
It’s never too late to find your own voice
Drinking my night time cuppa and flicking through a lovely book called Wise Women – A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage and Beauty, I came across a picture of a most beautiful woman: Phyllis Silverman. This is the wisdom she had to share… ‘This is a great period of my life. My challenge now is… (read more)
Grey in, grey out!
The going grey thing is quite a journey of discovery. I figured that there might be some adjustment in the colour department but there are one or two adjustments I hadn’t bargained for. Now my hair is charcoal grey, I can’t wear charcoal grey – at least not near my face without another strong colour… (read more)
A Monday Moment – Thoughts on hibernation
Winter at The Cottage Yesterday was definitely a hibernation day. The snow caused a change of plan and so I allowed myself to just go with my flow. Write a little, sleep a little, walk dogs, feed horses, write a little more. Yes I have a million things I could have been doing in this… (read more)
I am a pixie – until I grow out of it
Well I took the plunge. On the journey of the going grey gradually, I came to a cross roads and took a sharp left into the land of the pixies. I am not sure I like it here but I am sure there will be lots to learn as I grow. The first lesson I… (read more)
Fading to grey (gradually)
I am now about 10 weeks into the journey of going au naturel . I’ve had a shortish crop so I can grow out the fading colour more quickly and now my actual colour is coming through. I won’t be quite as white as I thought I might be – there is still quite a lot of… (read more)
Old dogs? New tricks or just wisdom?
As I talk to people about embracing my natural hair colour (which at the moment looks like it will be rather like Cruella Deville!), the question of ageing comes up time and again. We seem to be so concerned by the outward appearance of ageing, and trying to avoid it at all costs, and we seem… (read more)
A turning point
I made a momentous decision this week. I decided to stop colouring my hair and to allow it to become its natural colour again. The transition process is going to be a bit irksome but as they so, no pain, no gain! So I have had my lovely chin length bob cut off to a… (read more)
Hovis – one hilarious horse!
As an author of four books of horsy humour (three published by Hodder and Stoughton and one self-published), I know it is no mean feat to publish your first book. And it’s a great achievement when you have no previous knowledge of the publishing industry. So congratulations are well deserved for Karen Thompson and Hovis… (read more)