This is my new favourite place in our new flat. It’s lovely sitting on these chairs, listening to the birds with the windows open. I have to try hard not to be distracted! Today is the week anniversary of getting all our possessions in and it already feels like home. It’s wonderful. Therefore, this I deign to be the start of new things. I recevied an email from an ELT publisher, asking me to complete an editing test. I’m hopeful about this, because as I was doing it, I found

After the disappointing end to day one, I made a resolution to return for day two, but I made sure I arrived in the afternoon. I was determined to at least talk to some people and give out some business cards. And that I did. I also wanted to catch up with my friend, My (seen above in the background) and while waiting for her, I met a new friend, Tiff – looking at the camera with me. It was lovely to meet her and talk about various things, including misophonia and flashing, b

Maya Angelou has to be one of my heroes. I was reminded of her when I saw a new, and quite frankly exciting, press: Bindi Books. Their mission is to publish and represent diverse writers and I can’t wait to see what they come up with. For International Women’s Day (tomorrow, 8th March), they posted a picture of Angelou’s poem Still I Rise. A wondrous piece of writing that speaks to me, along with her autobiographies which I focused on for my BA dissertation. Seeing as I’m re