What Does Work Mean to You?

June 27, 2012 in Lifestyle, People, Society, Work

Work. It’s a huge part of our lives. We rely on it for income, we spend 8 (ok, maybe 10) hours a day there and hopefully, for most of us, we gain satisfaction and enjoyment out of our work. When I wrote about what I would do if I became a Lotto winner, I thought about the things I wouldn’t do if I won the Lotto. I have thought about it several times prior to writing the post (prior to KiKi & Tea even launching) and discussed it with Mr W in some of our “what would we do with loads [...]

5 Questions That Drive Me Crazy

June 18, 2012 in People, Self, Society

I hate questions. You might ask me why, but then you’d be asking me a question, so don’t. It’s not that I have anything to hide, or that I don’t like to share information, I just don’t like questions. I’ve found it difficult my whole life to articulate what, exactly, it is about questions that irritate me so much. Or why it’s not all questions, just some questions. I think I’ve finally figured it out, so I’ve narrowed it down to the 5 kinds of questions that drive me crazy. Type 1: The Unnecessary Question Something has happened. We were both [...]

I Want To Talk About You Not Tolstoy

May 24, 2012 in Books, Friendship, Lifestyle, People, Photography, Relationships, Self, Society

I spent many years being dragged through art galleries, looking at paintings and discussing the subtle influence of impressionism in the colours, or the fantastic reference to the Oedipus myth through the use of the mother. Many years studying Austen and Bronte. I have to admit something to you – I don’t care. I don’t care about the layers of meaning in a pretty picture, or the influences on great literature. The most interesting thing about Dali is that he was actually impotent, hence all the melting clocks, and his wife slept her way through half the famous artists of [...]