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In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 11 January 2015.
Question:
What are you afraid of?
Answer:
Too many things to include into one sentence, the big scaredy cat I am, but at this very moment I am afraid that despite all the plans I have for my blog in 2015, people might not read it and it may get lost in the sea of other blogs.
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. Paulo Coelho
In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 10 January 2015.
Question:
What is the colour of the day today?
Answer:
The colour of the day today has been grey, as I think about those who I have lost and love so very much. Tomorrow, the sunshine will be bursting through for them.
In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 9 January 2015.
Question:
Who inspires you?
Answer:
I'm inspired by many people in the literary, music and fashion worlds, but they are completely blown out of the water by my amazing parents; they've worked tirelessly in their lives to provide me and my sisters with everything we could ever want and are selfless, caring, tolerant, patient, kind, loving and hugely positive people and devoted grandparents.
Roy and Linda, you rock. If I can be half as inspirational as you then I've done a good job in life.
Thank you for all the good times had and those to come and for making me laugh all the time even when you don't mean to be funny - like your first foray into online food shopping recently, when you chatted warmly to the delivery man for about ten minutes because you're so sociable and lovely and had a good old chuckle with each other when you realised you'd ordered 28 toilet rolls instead of 8 after some over zealous clicking.
In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 8 January 2015.
Question:
Write down something you learnt today.
Answer:
In a world of terror and fanaticism where nothing is certain and you have to keep believing it will all be OK, sometimes you just need to focus on something irrelevant but wonderful to block out the horror - so today, thanks to Look Magazine, as a fashion devotee I learned that Kate Moss has three wardrobes - one big one and two everyday wardrobes, and recently she HIRED SOME PEOPLE to sort them out who archived everything, putting it all in paper and boxes labelled with Polaroids.
Constantly bombarded with news of tragedy beyond comprehension, this was a small thing that made me smile and answered a question I posed in a recent blog post about Kate. 'Sometimes at night I am kept awake with thoughts of that wardrobe. How big is it? Is it organised by colour? By defining era? Do things get lost?'
With the deepest respect, my heart goes out to the victims at Charlie Hebdo magazine who lost their lives on 7 January 2015 for believing in liberté, égalité and fraternité and the unarmed police officer who was killed in Paris this morning. May they rest in peace.
In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 7 January 2015.
Question:
What was your first thought this morning when you woke up?
Answer:
Argh, it must be at least 9.00am!/I've overslept!/Bugger, I need to wash my hair/Oh God I have prep for meetings to squeeze in/Must look at my Sentence A Day Journal/Shall I go to the gym tonight or cram in blogging/Yikes, Alex is still asleep too!/Why is it so cold/Ooo, it's Grazia Tuesday/Is February Vogue out yet/I'll have to skip breakfast but then again I could grab a Pret Porridge on the way/ Hmm, or takeaway toast/Mmm, takeaway toast/I.. Oh, it's 5.00 am/Yes!
Yep, my brain actually works like this. Be still, my active brain.
In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 6 January 2015.
Question:
Where do you live?
Answer:
For the most part, in my head (where it's full to the brim with a riot of fashion and a jumble of thoughts and there's always music in the air*) but, in reality, I reside in London's East End; specifically in a newly-moved-in house in Walthamstow that has the postcode E17 thrown in for good measure**.
* For the Twin Peaks lovers.
** For the 90s kids. I can't provide my postcode for official purposes without singing 'Deep deep down' in my head or reminiscing about bunking off from cross-country to nip back home (handily five minutes away from the school field) with my mates to watch East 17 on MTV. Makes filling out a form more interesting.
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In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 5 January 2015.
Question:
What made you smile today?
Answer:
Watching a video of my 3-year old nephew Freddie dancing and singing to 'All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor for the 156th time on the Tube home - especially the part when he says 'all the right junk in all the right places'.
I'm guessing he doesn't know what junk is in that context, but respect to Fred for singing a feminist song. He's singlehandedly bringing booty back.
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In 2015 I will be writing a Sentence a Day. You can read more about why here.
Today is the 4 January 2015.
Question:
What is the last song you listened to?
Answer:
'Watch You Sleeping' by Booker T. Jones featuring Kori Withers.
This is the 6th track from the outstanding 'Sound The Alarm' album by Booker T. Jones (2013). I was lucky enough to catch Booker T at Latitude Festival last summer and pinched this album off of my husband who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. This song features Kori Withers, daughter of Bill Withers, and her voice is beautiful and expressive. This is a great song to listen to before some shut-eye.
Good night x
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