How sweet!

I was honoured and super chuffed to be awared the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award by the lovely Carol and it truly made my day.

In spirit of making friends, and hopefully passing on happiness I would like to nominate the following bloggers to receive the award (and apologies there are not more nominees but I'm still quite new to all this so still in the process of building my blog reading list!).

The always inspiring and entertaining Lynne

and
The ever helpful and full of information Patsy

As part of accepting this award, I am required to tell you seven things about myself...hence the reason for the delay in posting. I have been trying to think! But here goes...

1. I have absolutely no sense of direction in general but can navigate the Tube without a hitch
2. I'm not too keen on heights but once abseiled and loved it
3. In Class 7 at primary school, I was chosen to be the May Queen at the church service
4. I once won a bowling prize on a works' outing despite normally being absolute rubbish at bowling. (The boss wasn't pleased I got a higher score than him...wonder if that had anything to do with me getting passed over for promotion...)
5. I once stroked a man's hair in a shop before realising in horror that it wasn't actually my husband, who had moved
6. I'm frightened of flying but once did 13 flights in five weeks
7. My favourite lolly is a lemonade sparkle but they're incredibly hard to find these days

Thanks again, Carol x

Be Interested

When it comes to writing, be interested in everything you can. Of course, there will be subjects in which you will have not the slightest inkling of interest and that's fine. There's no way I'm about to do a piece on Quantum Physics - even for the layman - because I really just don't get it. No matter how I try. I blame my 'creative' brain but I know that's a poor excuse. Bill Bryson did a fantastic job of breaking down complicated subjects into everyday, understandable languague in A Short History Of Nearly Everything and he's clearly pretty creative! But I still don't get it. How can one thing be in two places at once...I mean...how?!

But physics aside (for me at least) there are plenty more subjects out there that could provide the spark for an article. It might not be something you think you'd be interested in, but give it a chance. Make some notes, ferret around a bit with some research (although try not to get too sidetracked here at this stage) and see what turns up. An interesting character associated with the subject may crop up providing you with yet another possible article. It may be that the final article has only a tentative link with the subject you originally started with, just see where the rabbit holes can lead. Keep an open mind. Don't dismiss something immediately just because you think you're not interested in that subject. You may surprise yourself.