Self-care is slow kung fu
I’ve been a tai chi practitioner for a number of years: this is how a soft martial art – which is often associated with octogenarians – helps keep me sane…
How to be more present in 2018 – do a social media detox
A couple of months ago, I decided to try a little experiment: what would happen if I undertook a self-imposed, one-week social media detox? It wasn’t the first time I’d toyed with the idea as I have a complicated relationship with social networking – I’d much rather live without it, but at the same time, I feel like if I went offline forever I’d be short-changing myself…
Bez Valley’s mysterious serpent signs
I have stumbled across something a little peculiar, extremely perplexing, and a whole lot of disturbing. I’ve posted a photo before of this sign, and had assumed that a disgruntled white middle-class woman put it up: a tongue-in-cheek response to the serious dumping problem we have in our area…