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…My start up life in the Netherlands

This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!


  • All about Eden – my summer read 2013

    The warm days of summer feel like a long time ago, which got me to thinking about my ‘summer read’ of 2013. I was given a signed copy of Tim Smit’s ‘Eden – the whole inspiring story of the Eden Project’. Having just met Tim himself (we spent a couple…

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  • The seven deadly fears of a 40-something singleton…

    There is something about finding oneself newly single after many years of marriage that induces gut wrenching fear. Here are the seven deadly fears I have found myself working through… One – sheer terror. Oh my goodness. You look in the mirror (never a good thing first thing in the…

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