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Having gone ‘back to black’ in response to extreme physical challenges that have affected my weight, shape and mobility yet not my highly developed aesthetic senses, I am always interested to read about other women who have done the same. This week, Jenni Murray wrote (click on title to read full article): Why I’m on the […]
MoreI am still not quite used to it not being a holiday period. My body and brain are sluggish and I am unable to settle to my usual routines yet. I am also so out of the ‘new year, new me’ vibe that’s everywhere right now. What to do, huh? My ideas: 1. Look at […]
MoreI’m slowly staggering back to usual life after the Xmas and New Year break and thought I’d kick off 2013 by reposting this piece from The Guardian today, by Bethan Cole. The comments following it are worth reading so swing over and take a look. It’s a timely reminder to me of where I want […]
MoreI am signing off for the year with this fabulous 2012 Christmas card, so beautifully illustrated by Hannah Ensor, see more of her work at Stickman Communications and here, on the +Black Illustrated page. I hope you love it as much as I do. Many thanks for reading and supporting +Black in 2012. It would […]
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What scientists call “Overweight” changes with our knowledge of human health (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am going to lose it completely. Some of you read Kristen Lamb, who writes a blog about writing. It’s extremely popular and usually very helpful. But her latest post was a digression — an extended piece…
Joy, wherever we find it, allows us to feel, if only for a brief time, the intense blaze and burn of our humanity: it is an emotion so pleasurably powerful that it banishes mediocrity, dullness, pain and difficulty to the margins of our consciousness in the moment. What’s not to love about that? I shamelessly […]
MoreIf you’re thinking gifts for wheelchair users, a beautiful bag by Issey Miyake might be just the thing. Lightweight, easily slung over a shoulder or handle, they fold down to almost nothing, look divine and ooze style. I have a couple and take them everywhere. Find them online at Farfetch. Could there be a more […]
MoreDon’t know about you but I am waking every day with a to-do list as long as my arm, getting up determined to destroy it and ending up surfing the web for yet more Christmas … things. I’m not even a jewellery person, particularly. Junk jewellery at a stretch. In fact, when we were burgled, […]
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