Selectively Juggling

Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. When my eldest child was around twelve-months old I stumbled into the kitchen, bleary-tired eyes (trying to balance being a first time mum, with returning back to a challenging social worker role). Anyway, I grabbed my son’s milk bottle and added what I thought was a…

What’s your all-time favourite album? I literally have way too many favourite albums, to simply be able to decide on just one. I mean I literally have a catalogue of 1000’s of favourite songs in my mind. I have very eclectic tastes, with just a few musical aversions, such as dislike of heavy hard metal…

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I wish that I had learned to say ‘no’ instead of learning to try and please everyone. I wish I had learned – I mean truly learned that I was perfectly imperfect, just the way I was. I wish I had learned earlier that…

Which topics would you like to be more informed about? I have an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I could easily change my name to Why, and let it speak for itself. At present I think that I need more information about how to skill-up and become a technically better photographer (and writer). I’m also thirsting…

What would your life be like without music? Life without music would simply feel incomplete, sterile, devoid, empty, stuck and unimaginable. Music runs through my veins. Music is like a time and memory machine. Music has often been the very punctuation I use to write my life. Music is pure emotion. Music is everything and…

What are your favorite types of foods? I NEED texture and TASTE! I’m not a fan of BLAND, colourless, spineless or flavourless food. I don’t eat red meat, or chicken. I was raw vegan for years and all of a sudden craved seafood/fish. Since then I augment my mainly vegetarian diet (no eggs, no dairy…

Do you see yourself as a leader? My boss views me as being a leader, as do my colleagues. I, on the other hand view myself as an independent and confident person, thriving from being autonomous. I’ve no desire to lead (aka manage) other professionals, as invariably people’s egos and personalities get in the way.…

What’s your favourite word? My favourite word at the moment is ‘pause’ , simply saying it out loud elicits a sense or feeling of calm. I challenge you to simply pause for a moment and say ‘PAUSE’. I don’t know if this has the same effect in languages other than English. Let me know what…

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. Me: “Hi, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?” Them: through strained smile “uh! Yeah , sure” Me: “Firstly … let me just say thank you for taking the time to speak…