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  • What Do I Wish To Read?

    Wishcasting Wednesday is here again. What Do I Wish To Read? I have always been a bookworm. Give me a good book, a comfy chair and some sunshine and I will be happy for weeks! So what do I wish to read? As often happens with Jamie’s wishcasting prompts, my first answer was a little…

  • Your Mission: Fall in Love with You

    This week, your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to treat yourself as if you loved yourself beyond words. Treat yourself as you would a precious child that you want to spoil rotten! Treat yourself as if you thought you could do anything. Treat yourself as if you could do no wrong in…

  • A Bit of Friday Fun

    This video made me cry laughing last week so I thought I’d share it with you! Happy Friday! Love Donna.x

  • Let’s Get Happy

    Don’t wait for the circumstances of your life to be ‘perfect’ before you’re happy, get happy now. How? By noticing the little stuff that makes you happy, and consciously enjoying yourself. So the next time you are in the bath, or enjoying a meal, or reading a book, or out with friends, notice your happy…

  • Your Creative Joy

    As you will know if you follow this blog closely (and if you do, I thank you!), on a Wednesday I answer a journal prompt from Jamie Ridler of Jamie Ridler Studios. I also listen to Jamie’s weekly podcast on creative living. Jamie is my favourite resource for awakening creativity, and since I came across…

  • Wear Sunscreen

    I heard this song for the first time in a few years – there’s some great advice here, especially the bit about the knees! Enjoy. Happy Friday! love Donna.x

  • Celebrating March

    It’s the end of the month…what was GREAT about March? What lovely memories do you have of March? What was your favourite thing in March? What are you going to celebrate from this month and what celebrations are you going to do? For me: My celebration is taking myself to the theatre to see some…

  • How Do I Wish To Be Brave

    Wishcasting Wednesday is here again. How Do I Wish To Be Brave? [caption id="attachment_2486" align="alignleft" width="200" caption=" "][/caption]This week I had to ponder this question for a little while – it’s another one of those questions that initially made me shrink back. So the first way I wish to be brave is in answering these…

  • The Daily Constitutional

    In The Independent a few years ago, John Walsh wrote about the pleasures we have lost because we’re usually in so much of a hurry. Here’s part of what he wrote: “How long is it since you entertained the concept of Going For A Walk? I don’t mean the urgent dash to the shops on…

  • Sparkling Day 1

    I am doing a course with the lovely Jamie Ridler to awaken my creativity, and this is my Day 1 assignment. To find out more about this Sparkles ecourse, click here. It’s me sparkling! Donna.x