Author Archives: F_ox

About F_ox

Just a mother, a wife, a writer, a professional marketer, amateur photographer, art lover, aspiring beekeeper... dreaming of a citrus grove in Sardinia... 'let the beauty of what you love be what you do' ~ Rumi

Ragas at twilight…

Posted on December 13, 2012 by F_ox

And now Ravi Shankar! another great who was at it right up to the end… “The beauty of our music is the ability to improvise endlessly,” he once said, “and that is my forte – I never know what I … Continue reading →

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Curve-alicious…

Posted on December 11, 2012 by F_ox

Saddened but somehow, oddly, uplifted this week by Oscar Neimeyer’s passing… I seem to be surrounded by death at the moment… 104! and what a legacy… working until almost the end and such fantastic architecture… “When you have a large … Continue reading →

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Time out…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by F_ox

The news of Brubeck’s death yesterday and copious postings of Take 5 on Facebook had me hurtling down the long and winding road of memory, back to the very early 80s… to happy days of youth, rebellion and innocence… To … Continue reading →

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Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune…

Posted on November 29, 2012 by F_ox

The news arrived in a text message… it wasn’t a surprise but it hit hard. I wrote about my friend Ian in an earlier post and the news was about his passing… before we made peace and I will forever … Continue reading →

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Speculum of the other woman: myself as object…

Posted on November 18, 2012 by F_ox

I go through phases of frequently changing my profile pic on Facebook. It’s a little odd even to me; partly a fascination with the ageing process but also curiosity about what being a woman is all about. I never looked … Continue reading →

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In the hammock with Anais…

Posted on April 15, 2012 by F_ox

Anybody else tried Pinterest yet? J’adore! I have an offline inspiration board and am thrilled to have something for all those things I find online that I love… I post a lot of them on facebook, to share with friends … Continue reading →

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Temples and familiars…

Posted on April 15, 2012 by F_ox

So… I have to be honest and say I’m a little worried in the tapestry weaving of tales, past and present, on this blog that it will digress into some sort of ‘sex and the city 20 years on’ blog. … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness…

Posted on April 14, 2012 by F_ox

I love Mashable and not just because Pete is such a cutie or because they have things like ‘popcorn hour’… but because they have such great content, like this: http://mashable.com/2012/04/13/tumblr-who-needs-feminism  Content you want to share. So I shared it with my … Continue reading →

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Ready, set, go…

Posted on August 20, 2011 by F_ox

well, actually i set off a couple of years ago but it’s taken a while to get this going… and now that it’s created, not so sure where to begin… will have to have a think 😉

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