Conversations through the middle

Life from a (slightly) more mature perspective

Alcohol-free life

 

Photo by Scott Warman on Unsplash

 

I thought this was fitting for Sober October.

I love bubbles and I’d always been a fizzy wine kind of girl, but then I decided to stop drinking alcohol.

That was more than 2.5 years ago. It wasn’t as difficult as you might expect – thanks largely to the fact I researched going alcohol-free before I took the step so was prepared in advance. I read loads of information, as well as quit lit and factual books such as Alcohol Explained, and I made use of the resources available at Janey Lee Grace’s The Sober Club.Read more

Burt’s Bees lip balm review

I’ve been using lip balm for as long as I can remember. It started off with those sticky lip glosses that we were all mad about in the late ‘70s and progressed from there. From the wonderful (then) fruity flavour pots from The Body Shop – you know, the ones you stick your finger in – via twist up sticks that tasted like plastic, before eventually arriving home to Burt’s Bees. And that’s where I’ve been ever since.Read more

World Mental Health Day

Today is World Mental Health Day and I thought, I really want to post something about this. Now I’m here, I’m not sure what to say. I’ve got loads I could say, but I don’t know if I can say it all without becoming emotional.Read more

Birthday present

 

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Today is my birthday. I’ve been blessed with 58 years on this glorious planet and I hope there’s many more to come.

It has been a day of reflection and happiness, I have felt close to the people most important to me, even though they’re not here with me (or I with them) and that is the most wonderful feeling. Sometimes, being of a certain age and no longer having a significant other, life can feel a bit lonely. I have worked hard this past year learning to love living with myself, being alone. It can be a lovely state – nobody to pick up after, nobody to argue with, but sometimes, it can be a bit much – nobody to pick up after, nobody to argue with.Read more