The Uses of Sorrow
The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver: (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
Read MoreLunch Break
Barry Island Pleasure Park, home to the finest* amusement arcades in Wales, is just a few minutes walk away from where I live and work. So, with an abundance of coppers in my purse, the way I spent my lunch break today shouldn’t come as a surprise. 💰 * Disclaimer: They also happen to be the […]
Read MoreDame Stephanie Shirley
In an interview with Forbes a few years ago, Matt Mullenweg told the story of how Automattic has “been proving them wrong since 2005”. Dame Stephanie Shirley paved the way by proving them wrong way back in the 1960s with Freelance Programmers, a remote-working company she started on her dining room table that was eventually valued at […]
Read MoreClearing Out My Childhood Room
I recently expressed a wish to exchange letters with my younger self and clearing out my childhood room (my parents want space for a rowing machine!) this weekend felt as close to that wish as I could get. Amongst the treasures I found: A magnificent collection of Beanie Babies. Every single Destiny’s Child album. Survivor […]
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