Another monthly round up of a selection of my reads. I have completely forgotten to take pictures this month, which isn’t very helpful! Lisa Congden swimming I loved this book, Lisa’s passion for swimming sings out from the pages, her illustrations are gorgeous and really bring the stories to life. Lisa’s infographics were informative and… Continue reading May’s Reads
Category: Living Well & disability
Being outdoors
Being outdoors is vital to me, I genuinely think I wouldn’t be as well as I would if I didn’t get outdoors. It’s kept me moving and walking on a daily basis, even when I am struggling with my health. I may have to use a wheelchair in town and on hard surfaces, but outdoors,… Continue reading Being outdoors
Welcome!
Hello, I’m Jen Farrant. Consultant | Writer | Photographer. My blog is my space to experiment with thoughts, ideas and photos. Posts tend to fall into broad categories of: Creativity Living well & disability Music Photography Research & writing Strategic & creative thinking. Scroll down to read the blog as a whole, or click through to read about my work: Consultant | Writer | Photographer |… Continue reading Welcome!
#AprilLove2016 Dear books…
Dear books… You have been my refuge and my friends for so many years. There are some of you I have read so many times I hardly need to pick up the book in the first place, the Discworld springs to mind as a particularly good example. I love travelling through you, getting lost in you and… Continue reading #AprilLove2016 Dear books…
#AprilLove2016 Dear morning…
Dear Morning Oh! How I love you mornings. Quite frankly you just aren’t long enough for me, there is so much that I want to cram into this sacred time that I want to get up earlier and earlier. I try not to cram and not to get up even earlier, as I think you… Continue reading #AprilLove2016 Dear morning…
Buying mindfulness
I am quite good at removing myself from mailing lists, but I had forgotten to do so for Not on The High Street after I recently bought something from them. In my inbox last week landed an email entitled ‘Shop mindfulness’. It detailed all the things you could buy for mindfulness – special notebooks, hand… Continue reading Buying mindfulness
Candles and Coffee
Over the Christmas holidays I made a couple of discoveries that I wanted to share with you. I used to love incense sticks, but I find them too overpowering these days and the smoke is a bit too much. Not to mention it makes the whole house smell and the computers suck in the smoke… Continue reading Candles and Coffee
Dedication
I’m fed up with seeing articles around the internet based on the idea that five minutes of meditation a day is all you need. Or hearing people say that five minutes of spiritual practice is all you need. Yes, five minutes is better than nothing and five minutes is a great place to start when… Continue reading Dedication
It’s all part of the process
It’s all part of the process…. if that rings a bell, it is a lovely song by Morcheeba, who I once saw live in a flea pit in Leeds. Skye is even more beautiful in real life than she looks in her photos. As a writer, as a musician, as someone who is always striving… Continue reading It’s all part of the process
Yousician
I found this amazing app – yousician. It is fabulous! I bought myself a ukulele about a year and a half ago and have been noodling around on it, taking it on holiday and playing a few times a month. My focus has been on my flute and the ukulele was just something for fun.… Continue reading Yousician