Having being brought up around dogs, working with dogs and always living with dogs, I’m biased when it comes to answering today’s prompt. Some of my earliest childhood memories are with our familie’s Cocker Spaniel ‘Suzy’ exploring the garden. My… Continue reading

If you could have something named after you, what would it be? I would like to have a process, procedure or methodology that helps to make other people’s live better named after me. Over the last 5-10 years I’ve realised… Continue reading

Does anyone remember what they were thinking when they were five? I don’t remember specifics, however there are certain points in my childhood I vaguely recall; some nice, some I’d prefer that I didn’t remember. Cars, tractors and machinery fascinated… Continue reading

On reflection, I haven’t said ‘no’ to things that would interfere with my goals, often enough in the past. ‘No’ is in my ‘try-not-to-use-vocabulary’. ‘No’ is a negative, conversation-stoping, drop-dead word that I try to keep for certain occasions; when… Continue reading

In the UK we love to talk about the weather, in fact we’re famous for it! A friend who had lived in Califonia for 25 years, told me that Californian’s often asked him why the British talked about the weather… Continue reading

My most influential teacher was my great friend Jean. I lodged with Jean and her family when I left school and started working on a farm, initially as a summer job. Jean taught me good, solid work ethics; the value… Continue reading

Phew, that’s a hard one, there’s been so many !! haha. Not really, being a perfectionist by default I tend not to take onboard compliments, I only hear improvement opportunities. Although, I’ve been working hard to improve this… Seriously, the… Continue reading

Hmmm, I cannot think of any movies or TV shows that I’ve even watched once properly! I either get bored, distracted, fall asleep or glaze over. Even when I do pay full attention to a TV show I have to… Continue reading