Category Archives: inspiration

A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a friend about a project she’s involved in. She was looking for me to share my “inspiring story” on being a technical woman. I said no. Said, got nothing inspiring to say right now. Can’t. Do. It. And she gave me a pep talk, and [...] Continue reading

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I destroyed these paintings because I did not like themTravel gives me a lot of time to think, the planes, the airports, the queues. And the jetlag – there’s no lonelier time than four in the morning, wherever you happen to be. Probably clear from my last post that I’ve had a lot to think about, lately. Still going to have to be enigmatic and elusive [...] Continue reading

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The Iron LadyI wanted to see this since it came out, but I finally got round to watching The Iron Lady on the plane to Australia. At first I thought I was going to hate it, because it starts with Maggie really old, and clearly losing her grip on reality somewhat. Actually I spent almost the entire [...] Continue reading

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