Reading Time: 3 minutesI just loathe the term Happy Holidays. I’d rather acknowledge the actual holiday specifically. Whether you’ve already celebrated Divali, just completed Hanukkah, are still recovering from Saturnalia revivals or about to enjoy Yalda tonight or are looking forward to Christmas or Kwanzaa – I think we can all agree that our days starting to get […]
4 Unusual Life Lessons from my dog
Reading Time: 4 minutesHappily, I’ve had many awesome teachers in my life. Some of them weren’t human.My cat initially hired me to get her out of a tree when her former staff moved house, leaving her behind. She stayed for another 24 years (that is not a typo). She and my Bichon Frise, Lucy, who’s only been in […]
Scottish Summer Solstice
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis has always been a time when I pause and consider what I want the rest of my year to look like. Since I moved to Scotland I’ve found that the Scottish are very in tune with the whole Solstice vibe. Perhaps it’s just because the longest day is so much noticeable up here. They […]


