Sleepstation on the NHS Review – Sleep Restriction Therapy
Sleepstation is a six-week online course to help people suffering from insomnia. It’s available to buy or you can get Sleepstation on the NHS by a referral from your GP. I’ve just completed my first week of sleep diaries and my first night of sleep restriction and will be addingContinue Reading
Jo Bavington-Jones: “I met my agent on a dating site”
Jo Bavington-Jones is the author of two novels: Lucy Shaw’s Not Sure and Lucy Shaw Wants More, both published by The Conrad Press. I first met Jo when she worked at my local vet’s and, when she told me she was leaving to write her third novel, I begged herContinue Reading
Writers’ Group in Folkestone – The Write Space
There are a few writers’ groups in Folkestone, all offering different things, which is great but, because most groups are in the evening and I’m usually in my pyjamas by 5pm, I wanted one that met in daylight hours. You can never have too many writing groups though and, withContinue Reading
Ashford’s ArtiGras Arts Festival – Interview With Betsy Aidinyantz
Above Caffè Nero in Ashford’s town centre, plans are being hatched amid a flurry of activity masterminded by Betsy Aidinyantz – the organiser of Ashford’s yearly ArtiGras Arts Festival. After seeing a shout out for volunteers, I went along to the Centre of Creativity and Enterprise (CCE) to speak toContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Accidentally Made The Charity Shop More Money
Yesterday I went to the Pilgrims Hospice charity shop I’d given my clothes to, not to see if my clothes were there (although, obviously I had a glance around to see if any were for sale. None were – either they hated my clothes, or they’d all been sold. IContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Giving Away Protein Drinks
A while ago, Upbeat sent me five vouchers for their high protein dairy drinks. I’d bought a couple but then didn’t drink them by their use-by dates and although I’m quite happy to eat things that are years (hello spices) out of date, I believe if you drink out ofContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Update
I think I need to do a bit of a catch up – so, what have I been doing? The other night, I went to London for a Betty Crocker baking thing. It was a bit of a disaster and Helen and I did the only thing appropriate under theContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Posted A Note In The Post Box For The Postie
I’m still doing kind things – I swear - I just haven’t blogged about them. I have, along with Helen, given notes to strange men in pubs (or should that be strange notes to men in pubs?), posted a picture of a kitten wearing a tiara on Bernadette’s Facebook pageContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Posted A Penguin
Once again, I didn’t get to the post office before it shut and then kind of forgot about the Be Kind thing until 11pm, so I posted a pic of a penguin on my friend Helen’s Facebook wall, because she likes penguins. The note I left sellotaped to the busContinue Reading
Be Kind For A Month – Left A Note At The Bus Stop
I woke up with a plan in my head for today’s Be Kind thing but that plan was scuppered before it was even eight o’clock in the morning, dammit. Still, that didn’t let me off the kindness hook, especially as I haven’t been kind for two days because, as IContinue Reading