Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project has made a life’s work out of researching happiness. Unashamedly copying her, I originally thought I would use this website to share thoughts about being tidy and organised.
Paradoxically, the site has become untidy and disorganised. It now has a bunch of other content: some of it is about journalism, but that is my job and that whole life strand is now better represented over at my business website, Safe Hands.
Essentially, this is a blog in the original sense, an online log of thoughts. None of the content is SEO optimised, and it never will be (I do have an SEO plugin, into which I enter the most cursory of phrases. It is very unhappy with me.) It is written by a human being in all her messiness. No bots here, just a motley collection of rough-and-ready writing.
ABOUT ME
Online, print, editing, writing – you name it, I’ve done it. I just never got to cover cricket matches. I’m a wife and mother, sewer and gardener, baker, reader and drinker of craft beer and indifferent wine out of a box. Fan of Bruce Springsteen and Terry Pratchett.
Renee Moodie
Hi Renee
I’ve just read your column It’s the reader, stupid and what you were saying about stories and our deep need for them struck a chord with me. I work for Nal’ibali, a reading-for-enjoyment campaign. We insert reading supplements into our titles and each week run a column about reading and writing. I know we work for competing media houses, but I wondered if you would be able to write a column for us? Please mail me if you are or if it wouldn’t be a conflict of interest. Thanks and kind regards, Leizl
Hi there
I’m sorry to have taken so long to reply – I wasn’t getting notifications of comments and so simply missed it. I’m flattered by your offer but I do think it would be a conflict of interest – really sorry!
Renee