“Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life. And I tend to think of it like my shadow. Sometimes I see a lot of it, sometimes there’s very little, but it’s always with me.” This woman, Aimee Mullins, is totally inspiring. […]
This Momentous Day
Today it’s been 2 years since Gumby died. The world still feels shit without him! I was wondering what to write & looking through some old photo’s & papers when I came across a scrap of paper from many years ago. I’d written this down after being incredibly motivated by it in a book by […]
Together Possible
There’s power in numbers isn’t there? Have you ever noticed how much difference even one person helping out on a job can be? When you work together, anything feels possible. When you’re stuck on a job or task and just don’t know where to even start, having a wingman (or 2 or 3) to […]
The Orange Rhino Challenge: week 1
Last week on my other blog I wrote about the inspiring Sheila a.k.a. The Orange Rhino and her book club I’m doing this month to Yell Less, Love More . I thought originally that I’d put my Orange Rhino Challenge experiment in the parenting section on Tummy Time & Beyond which is all about how What parents know and […]
A Brief History of Desiderata
Shoo-eee. I just finished designing the Desiderata poem poster that you can have access to after signing up for our Gumby Legacy Newsletter and I thought I’d quickly look up the history of Desiderata to see how it came about. This poem has been a favourite of the family’s for many years and was particularly […]
Random hello & thought for the day #1!
Hi. Here’s a thought for the day. Sorry for not being in here more and posting more and just being generally unorganised and appearing to be uncommitted. I don’t know what happens. I have spurts of being so motivated and keen and inspired to do things and then life gets in the way and all […]
4 Productivity Tips from A Master of Chillaxing
Pop quiz: the alarm didn’t go off on your phone this morning so you woke up late, someone spilt milk all over the kitchen floor which meant you had to spend 10 minutes cleaning up while trying to get yourself and 2 children dressed and out the door and then, when you think you might […]
Birthday Thoughts for a Very Missed Loved Person
Happy Birthday baby brother!! Today you would have been thirty four years old. This last year you would have kicked ass in your ‘new’ dream job, you would have shivered your ass off here with mom and me, you would have started building your ideal home and been arranging things for your perfect garden centre….but […]
The Tao of Good People (& Gumby)
Sometimes you meet people who are just lovely. Who have a natural way about them that makes them stick out to you as a good person. Salt – of – the earth. Someone you’d like to be friends with. I have met many, many people who are like this but it’s rare that their kindness […]
18 months on & the plot was lost!
It’s been hard to know how to focus this website and ‘non- profit organisation’ in memory of Gumby. It’s only been 18 months today since he was so suddenly taken from us and in some ways it’s no time at all but in others it feels like so much longer. While I cannot say that […]