Tag: freedom

  • OnTheBeach: The Freedom to Drive Your Life

    Manal Al-Sharif is a Saudi woman who dared to drive in a society that believes women driving leads to prostitution, rape and moral decay. She dared to challenge her society and do something that is not actually against the law in Saudi Arabia, it is just frowned upon by society. It’s a really interesting and…

  • Happy Independence Day!

    Isn’t it a wonderful idea to celebrate independence? (Which by the way, I always want to spell indepeDANCE! Like a happy dance, but for freedom. Anyway.) I love the idea of a day off to celebrate being in charge of your own destiny. To my friends and followers in the US, well done you for…

  • What Limits Do I Wish To Set

    Wishcasting Wednesday is here again. What Limits Do I Wish To Set Today’s wish is really easy: I wish to set limits on the time I spend on the computer (the irony that I am writing this at 20 to 11 at night is not lost on me!); I wish to set limits on the…

  • Abandon Your Inhibitions

    Last night I went to see my favourite band in the world, Muse. They are INCREDIBLE live – simply awesome! Anyway, these days I usually stand to the back of the crowd, in plenty of space to dance – I’m less bothered about seeing (although last night I was stood near the cameras so I…

  • Seriously Grateful

    This weekend I finished reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. It’s a tale of two women in Afghanistan, and like his first novel “The Kite Runner”, it’s a compelling story that will get its claws into your heart. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I noticed that when I closed the book after reading…

  • OnTheBeach – Do You Have Strong Misery Muscles?

    How much time do you spend making life better? How much time do you spend appreciating how good you have it? How much time do you spend laughing, getting excited, being happy? Is it enough? Conversely, how much time do you spend making life worse? How much time do you spend bemoaning how bad you…

  • OnTheBeach – The Dutiful One

    I was talking to a friend last week about going to the inquest into my uncle’s death – which I don’t want to do. So why are you going then, she asked? Excellent question…and the answer is that I don’t know. Actually, I am now not going to go, because as Claire most excellently reminded…