You killed my wife

Visiting a local coffee shop “Nikkalatte” I noticed a book available for purchase “You Killed My Wife“. As an avid reader I thought I’d grab a copy (a rare thing for me since I normally do all my reading on my iPhone). The placard next to the book indicated it was a ‘local author’ so … Read more

Funerals

I wanted to understand why going to funerals creates so many different emotions. A long term family friend passed away recently at 77, and at the same time, we got the really sad news that my brother-in-law had succumbed to cancer, aged 53. This one really hit home, from the time the news was delivered … Read more

Daily dose of Darren

A couple of years ago I stumbled across a Facebook post about some American guy… Darren Hardy. Given that FB is full of self proclaimed gurus I was a little skeptical at first. What stood out for me was that he had some published books that were available via traditional methods (aka local book shops). … Read more

Typemetal & persistance

A few years ago I came across a small app that promised to make writing blogs directly on the Mac easier… The idea of not having browser hell going on and the ability to jump in and out of drafts as I wanted appealed to me. Enter TypeMetal. For a while all was good in … Read more

100 Days – challenge

My Friends If you like your messages short, to the point and highly worthwhile…here it is. TODAY…September 22nd begins the final 100 day countdown of the year. 265 days down and 100 to go. Let’s face it, 2020 has been a year we will remember. Make it for the right reasons. If you have some … Read more

Step into certainty

It’s a universal truth that 2020 has been a year that will be recorded in the annals of history and talked about for a long time. There are a few keywords that get thrown around that I actually find annoying, “unprecedented” and “uncertainty”. I think the reality of living in our modern world is that … Read more