I live just south of the Brecon Beacons in Wales, it is a beautiful part of the country, walking the dogs this morning I could see the snow on the peaks in the distance. Unfortunately I can’t get up there walking, as I have to go off to do a talk for a corporation. One [...] Read more »
Slow Time Part 1
Today is a chores day. I have had lots of bits and bobs I needed to do. And it is also very, very cold and snowing, but that is by and by. I like the word “chore” rather than task, or “to do” or project. They all send shudders down my spine . Chore is [...] Read more »
Celebrate St Monday
Good morning, Today, being a Monday, I would like to talk briefly about the tradition of St Monday: Saint Monday is the tradition of absenteeism on a Monday (Saint Tuesday is the less common extension of this to a Tuesday) The tradition of taking Monday (unofficially) off has been common among craft workers since at [...] Read more »
Tempo Giusto
Wasn’t it dark and cold today? I really wanted to stay in bed, the problem is that one of my dogs, Dylan, is a morning dog (the other, more sensible, I think, Chloe, is more of a lie in dog), so he invariably starts whining at about 7 o’clock because he wants to go out [...] Read more »
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Well…. It’s fun, fun, fun in the news today isn’t it? Remember in the olden days when the news used to end on a cheery story? Like “Today a cat called Ronald, managed to do triple summersault over a hedge and got in the Guiness book of records”? You don’t get any of that any more. [...] Read more »
The Slow Guide to Downsizing Part 1
I am meant to be doing my VAT return, so instead I am sat watching River Cottage Autumn that I taped from last night (taped? How old am I? I should say Sky Plused shouldn’t I?). I dunno, I should really employ someone to do all this admin stuff for me… I love River Cottage, [...] Read more »
Incidentally…
You can probably see at the moment that this site is in a bit of a state of disrepair and untidy and stuff. There is a fully enabled swanky website being built by someone somewhere at some point, which will have lovely bells and whistles on it, including a fully functioning shop, booking facilities for [...] Read more »
A Little Bit About The Current Economic Condition
Well, hello. How are you? Stressed? Worried? Concerned about the state of the economy and how it will effect you? Thought so. Even I am a bit worried. Although, without seeming to sound smug, I saw this coming a long time ago and did expect a crash (not that I actually prepared for it. So [...] Read more »
Day 2
Hello. I am still getting my head around this and adding static pages to give you more info about who I am, what I do and what Slow is all about (and how you can do and what you will get out of it). I actually got into Slowness about 12 months ago, whilst in [...] Read more »
Well Hello There…
Hi, Welcome to the “Notes from a Deckchair”, or “The Deckchair Diaries”, depending what you want to call it. Where I, your intrepid Slow Coach, will let you know all about my goings on in my endevour to create a slow life. It will (hopefully) be packed with hints, tips an suggestions about how you [...] Read more »