Diary of a busyish woman

I remember my grandmother using this phrase many moons ago. Why mention it now? It was said to me today that in the course of a recent conversation between a number of people about women in business, this comment was made in relation to me! I took it as the compliment it was intended to be. Then it struck me that it's a very fine line between letting people know that you're in business and being aware of time and place e.g. if I attend an event, even a food event where I'm part of the audience, I don't come armed with both business card and product and wave them about.  Time and place. I remember the first year we won at Blas na hÉireann in 2012, the lovely Jerry Kennedy steered me to the Chart House for a meal before I left Dingle . Jerry introduced me and I well remember that there was a bit of 'slagging' that I had the Gold Award but where was the product! I was a competitor in that competition and a visitor to Dingle Food Festival , I did not have...

I've held out for as long as I could because I just hate all that layering up that signifies winter has returned. So today I'll spend a half hour pulling out the winter clothes & checking what actually fits! To put it bluntly, I'm not a physically active person, unlike our sons, & hitting 50 a few years ago, I became aware that I couldn't withstand the earthly pull as various bit & pieces of my person began heading south! It seems as though from season to season, my overall size isn't changing but the way it's all put together definitely is. Now I have two choices, rant & rave or accept & enjoy it as an excuse to begin looking for a few new things to add to the wardrobe. I tend to choose the latter as the former only expends unnecessary energy. If anyone has any ideas on what headgear a 50+ woman with long grey hair & a larger than average size head should get, I'm all ears. If you think I'm joking, I'm not, because when I tr...