A Minute to Win It! – a Toastmasters Speech (8)
A minute to win it …. One of the most commonly used tools cited on the networking circuit is the one minute elevator pitch. Hands up if you’ve heard that? […]
Paws for Thought! – THE Eulogy
We lost, today a faithful friend, Came to a short and early end, He was only three, still half grown, Thank you Angus, do have a bone. This cheeky chocolate […]
The Verderer – a Toastmaster Speech (7)
This is a story about the guardians of the New Forest. Some of you may well know that I spend a lot of time living in a suitcase somewhere in […]
Sticks and Stones …
… may break my bones but words can never hurt me? If I ever needed confirmation that I didn’t want kids of my own, then last weekend was it! These […]
No Go Sligo :0(
Last May, I spent a weekend in Cirencester with 200 people that I had never met before. I know it seems odd! The Friday evening buffet was a fancy dress […]
Orchidaceae
Here’s hoping that I am out the other side of a blog block period! It’s been going on for a couple of months now. It’s not that I don’t have […]
Dungeons and Dragons
Many, many years ago – 22 to be exact I played Dungeons and Dragons down the pub with a bunch of Debenhams colleagues for the best part of a year, […]
Our Loss; God’s Gain – Eulogy
Heaven won’t know what hit it last night! The Passionate PA has left us wanting. Sarah Howells died this afternoon after a short but courageous and public fight with breast, […]
I’ve lost my place and now it can’t be found!
I have never watched Life on Mars or indeed the sequel Ashes to Ashes but given that they are titles of tunes by my songster hero, Bowie, perhaps I really […]
Perfect for Blog Unblocking – Personal Musings
It’s a tiny bay situated on the Southcoast betwixt Crowlink and Beachy Head. Nestled between the third and fourth of the Seven Sisters, Birling Gap was once a smugglers cove, […]
Slippery Paws – a Toastmasters Speech (6)
There once was a fox and a wolf that set up cave with one another, half way up a steep cliff near to the seashore. Although this may seem odd, […]
Postscrips from Sir Benfro
You have got to listen to this whilst reading this post! Have a nice day by the Welsh band Sterophonics … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPe0BtYvTA I have just returned from a long weekend […]
Ladies who Lunch
Now you need to know that I am on holiday this week so you must allow me a little leeway in my thought meanderings on this little idiom. This stopping […]
Love is just a four letter word? (Love Feb)
Is it an endearment – or just another profanity do you think? When you hit your thumb with a hammer the natural tendency is to shock the world with spouted […]
Goodbye Cruel World!
I’ve decided to leave our world this weekend. The weather is looking perfect for a sojourn into the Land. I’m going to find a comfortable spot with a stunning view. […]
The Trouble with Text – (Off The Cuff – Speciality Speeches #2)
I want to share this text I received the other day: “Thx4beinwithme2day.Wasgd2cu,2hearhowur&2swapideas stratpln+lrngPlnbwithuthispm x” Now I am well aware that language changes over the centuries; words evolve according to fashion […]
You Dancing; You Asking – a Toastmasters Speech (5)
Since the days of Hippocrates, great thinkers, like Freud and Jung have analysed the forces at work in communication and have found that there are four generic patterns. Hippocrates called […]
Content is Crucial
I loved this utterance by Lord Althorp, Charles Spencer, during “The Speaker”. It is a BBC’s programme on a quest to find Britain’s best young orator. Having eloquent body language, […]
High Touch Relationships
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and so what better time to consider how we build, develop and maintain the important relationships in our lives. Whether these are business or personal […]
A Fickle Femme – The Writer’s Way
She adds after a fractional hesitation. “You?” “Bloody, John the store man messed up again today; he gave us three windows up at Portland where none of the glass fitted. […]
Friends
Today I have had the honour of knowing the best of true friendship. I don’t need to mention those by name as they will know who they are. And this […]
OMG you didn’t? – The Writer’s Way
In this exercise from The Writer’s Way, Sara Maitland asks us to record snippets of character insights. Tiny things count. For example: Your reaction on meeting a person for the first […]
Who’s That Girl? – The Writer’s Way
She ducks a fraction as she enters the country hostelry. Not that she needs to; as even in the moderate heels she always wears, she would have cleared the doorway. […]
The Five Minute Bio – a Toastmasters Speech (3)
The well-written biography is a fundamental marketing tool for all professionals, whether you are employed or self-employed. Its power is all too frequently overlooked. Let me reiterate the why. Most people […]
The Story of Songthrush – The Writer’s Way
Prelude to the Turdidae Network: In late spring, the Turdidae Network meets just before dawn at the edge of a wood in the south coast county of Dorset. Each chorus […]
Something Borrowed – The Writer’s Way
It is just before seven on a normal week day morning. I am up, dressed, and ready to go. I give my husband a quick peck on the cheek, fetch […]
Ziggy Stardust – The Writer’s Way
Ziggy was the faithful servant of Pasch, an Egyptian Cat goddess and protector of children and all cats of course. Most often, Ziggy could be found curled up beneath the […]
Don’t Feel Sorry For Me! – a Toastmasters Speech (2)
I am an insulin dependant diabetic. Most people I meet, know someone who has diabetes. Hands up if that is you! It is not surprising as there are 1.8 million […]
From Woking to Weymouth – a Toastmasters Speech (1)
I’d like to invite you to share my journey from Woking to Weymouth via a 14 year stop over in Worthing. I should say that there was a six-month pit […]
The Pong of a Cowpat – The Writer’s Way
Pong is such a descriptive word, you can almost taste the smell! Pah! Pooh! Just think how different a pong is to a whiff. A whiff wafts; it is hardly pungent […]
A Portrait in Time – The Writer’s Way
Slowly; so very slowly she opens her eyes. In contrast she darts a glance around her. Had anyone noticed the passion that had suddenly and uncontrollably coursed through her body? […]
Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge 