“What if we made the door?” I said...When life throws you bathroom door quotes for £656, make your own damn door.My husband and I are—well, I’d like to say halfway through renovating our 400-year-old
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Read more...When I were a lass, Enid Blyton carried me away from my bedroom with tales of adventure and whimsy.And also tales of schooldays that were so far removed from my own, I could barely imagine what it must
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Read more...Around 3,775 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, a man utters the words, “What do you take me for!” thus demonstrating that humans don’t change.Nanni was angry. So angry, he went to the trouble of
Read more...The more I learn about anything, the more I realise I don't know much at all.Learning is bizarre because our brains get everything barse-ackwards.When we know nothing at all about a subject, and we
Read more...Are we asking the right questions?I don't always ask good questions. I ask obvious ones.Like, "Why do I always procrastinate?"When I ask myself a question like that, my brain comes up with answers like:Because
Read more...Your book is just the beginning...It's not enough to have a book out there (although that is AWESOME obviously) – it needs to work for you.Which means it needs to bring a steady stream of highly qualified
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