What’s the best place to live? Why, it’s by the sea!

“O ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired, Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;” John Keats got it right. Advice for our times. Moving from Leeds to Morecambe has done my mental (and physical) health a world of good. A friend of mine recently described living by the sea as being ‘goodContinue reading “What’s the best place to live? Why, it’s by the sea!”

What’s a busman’s holiday? I take many!

Let’s talk about the idea of a busman’s holiday. No, not the Granada game show of the same name from the 80s and 90s (this is becoming a theme!) Just the leisure activities that you do which are not a million miles away from your day job. You may be able to tell from myContinue reading “What’s a busman’s holiday? I take many!”

Why do I want to be self-employed? Love for my husband is one of the key reasons.

I aim to be fully self-employed by the time my husband loses the last of his eyesight. My incredibly talented author husband, Jon Cronshaw, has a degenerative eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa.  He currently has 5% usable vision in one eye. He has developed such an incredible mindset about this and does not let itContinue reading “Why do I want to be self-employed? Love for my husband is one of the key reasons.”