The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world and I know that each and everyone of us have been impacted by this, some in tragic ways. I know that I am in a very fortunate position, the following is simply an expression of my feelings and thoughts. For me the worst...

For the last ten years I have periodically been told by healthcare professionals that if I were to get flu I would die, and so have become accustomed to the reality of my own fragile mortality – who would have thought that learning to accept this would one day become...

Smoked Salmon in the time of Corona Of course we saw the edict coming…but when the day came, and I drove home from our Harrogate office, the lock-downed world tilted and I felt bereft. That taken-for-granted pleasure of going into work with great colleagues, seeing...

Reflecting on the impact of the situation surrounding Coronavirus upon my life, I have identified both positive and negative aspects; unexpectedly, the positive ones out-weighing the negative ones by far! Many aspects of myself have been reinforced. Whilst I love...

Through these difficult days I find applying structure helps, routines work well for me, so getting up at the same (similar) time every day suits well me.
 I've been in the garden most days and getting jobs done that I’ve put off, or haven't had time to do, for...

I think I'm writing a blog but forgive me if this is something else entirely. Nothing is particularly clear right now - what once felt real is distant, what feels unreal is near. The imagined terror and unease I would occasionally experience when watching a Black...