Project Runway has always been one of my guilty secrets. Of all the reality shows this is the one where I sit quietly with a cup of tea and absorb. Warning – don’t talk to me or interrupt –…
Category: Fabulous women
This is a little story about a yellow handbag, but really it is a story about human kindness. I was visiting London just after Christmas and was delighted to receive a beautiful yellow handbag as a gift from my…
I am privileged to have had many woman in my life who have guided me and shaped me and made me who I am. Today I would like to acknowledge the life lessons taught by my maternal grandmother – Olive Hanson….
I am always inspired by women who are fabulous in every way. Woman who defy the rules, and set out to reach for their dreams no matter what. I was invited to an ITWBN blogger event at 56 Central, a…
I started my blog at the beginning of the year, but I can honestly say that the real kick-start came after attending a blogging event. That first event was the ITWBN meet-up at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway. I…
This is a two part blog post. The first part is how I got myself stuck on a table in a beauty salon, and the second a tribute to excellent customer service. I was really excited on Saturday morning, I…
The Irish Country Woman’s Association (ICA) has been going for 105 years. I heard about it soon after I arrived in Ireland, but never got around to joining, mostly due the fact that I was living far out in the…
Proud to be part of ITWBN – where ‘real friends’ meet.
I am rich! In friendship. Over my life I have made some really special friends and what really makes me rich is that I have kept these friends. Through the teenage years, the turbulent twenties, marriages, separations, children, careers and…
I went off to the Bizpartyinspires conference in Dublin not really knowing what to expect. I came away with so much, having learnt, networked and become inspired. Especially by lots of fabulous women. As you all know I am fascinated…