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• Review of A Career in Your Suitcase by Jo Parfitt and Colleen Reichrath-Smith
  on Jun 21, 2013 in Books
  I approached this book, which comes in paperback and kindle format, with a degree of trepidation and a touch of cynicism. This is a topic I know a lot about, not only through doing it (I am in my 20th year of living in Italy and have created a variet...
• Can Language Influence Our Saving Habits?
  on Feb 20, 2013 in Current Affairs English Language money Could your language affect your ability to save money? how language affects savings Keith Chen Keith Chen TED language and money
  It's obvious that our native tongue is going to have an influence on how we view the world. As a language teacher I spent many a happy hour teaching the conceptual difference between the present continuous, the future simple and the "going to&qu...
• Radio Phoenix
  on Jan 24, 2013 in radio finding an old radio Italian radio listening to Italian radio radio Italia Cinque the pictures are better
  So I was trying to clear out the garage and came across a small portable radio that my Mum had sent us a few years ago so we could pick up the BBC World Service in Italy. I switched it on – nothing. Abandoning my tidying (doesn't take much) I took...
• Need Inspiration? Just Watch This.
  on Nov 29, 2012 in inspiration video inspirational ted talks janine shepherd janine shepherd ted talks ted talks
  I have been spending a half hour or so each morning watching soul-stirring stuff on the wonderful Ted Talks site. It never fails to deliver. And in case you think your heart strings can't be tugged any more, that the hairs on the backs of your arms a...
• How to Survive the Winter in Your Tuscan Farmhouse
  on Nov 26, 2012 in humour does tuscany get cold in winter how to keep warm in italy how to survive the winter in your tuscan farmhouse keeping warm in winter tuscan winter weather tuscany winter in tuscany
  It looked so enchanting in the warm summer months, didn't it? With its terracotta tiled roof and its wonky walls. There were twinkly fireflies in the garden, the scent of honeysuckle and jasmine filled the air as you sipped your glass of Chianti on t...
• Is Letter Writing a Lost Art?
  on Nov 14, 2012 in Creativity English Language writing Daily Mail handwriting and the brain handwriting on the curriculum handwriting stimulates creativity handwriting versus typing is letter writing a lost art letter writing novelists who write in longhand Wall Street Journal
  From when we moved to Italy in June 1994 right up until a few months before my dear Mum died last December, I wrote her a letter every week. A handwritten letter with drawings, bits cut from magazines and pasted to the paper, sometimes with enclosure...
• Team GB - Something to Celebrate in More Ways Than One!
  on Aug 8, 2012 in Current Affairs Bradley Wiggins celebrity culture GB gold medals GB olympic success team GB
  From the moment I saw Danny Boyle's inspired, quirky Olympics opening ceremony I was gripped by a patriotic fever that has been increasing as fast as Team GB's medal tally. I am so proud to be British and I wish I was there to experience it all, rath...
• How to Use the Tarot and Mind Mapping to Plan Your Writing
  on Jun 19, 2012 in Creativity Weblogs writing how to plan blogposts how to plan your writing planning writing using tarot tarot and mind mapping tarot and writing unusual techniques to plan writing
  Today June 19 I have a guest post on Danny Iny's Firepole Marketing Blog. I always plan blog posts on paper first so that I don't miss any key points out and also because I use mind mapping for planning and prefer to do that with old fashioned paper...
• A Video to Inspire You if You're Suffering From Writer's Block
  on Apr 27, 2012 in Creativity poetry writing beating writers block inspiration to overcome writers block overcoming writers block sarah kay sarah kay poetess storyteller sarah kay ted talks storyteller sarah kay writers block
  Writer's block is horrible. I've never suffered from it in my professional life, but when it comes to my own stuff I have been blocked and it's frustrating and exhausting. When I feel like the writing well has run dry and procrastination is rearing i...
• Go For It Engelbert!
  on Mar 27, 2012 in Television engelbert humperdinck engelbert humperdinck eurovision 2012 follow your heart engelbert humperdinck
  When I read that Engelbert Humperdinck was going to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision song contest at the end of May in Baku, Azerbaijan I must admit I was a bit taken aback. I am old enough to remember him in his heydey, all smouldering loo...

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