My Blog
Writing, business, family life, Milton Keynes - there's all sorts on here!
My Post-Covid Christmas Strategy
I write to you from my sickbed, which is an awful lot nicer than it sounds. My bedroom is one of my favourite rooms in the house, and so it’s not been a punishment to be confined here since my positive test last week. Covid has not been easy on me, though – I’ve had...
The November 2021 Brandblog – The Love Local Hub
The Love Local Hub: where small business, big business and the local council unite, and why every high street should have one Several years back, I met the manager of our huge indoor shopping mall, the centre:MK. She told me that there is some truth to the age-old...
Facts I Never Knew about the Gunpowder Plot
Every Autumn when I was little, we built a bonfire in the field at the back of the house. The farmer didn’t mind, because he and his wife had a lot of land and five children, and they were all at the heart of our best village celebrations. Then, on 5 November, the...
The October 2021 Brand Blog – Willow and Hen
Hugging my home and solving present-buying problems for Mr RLC too – Willow and Hen has it all! “Coming home and walking through that front door should feel like you’re getting a lovely warm hug.” That’s how Sue Chalmers describes what she does in her business, Willow...
Pet Nurse – the Latest Skill I’ve had to Develop
It’s been a sickly week Chez RLC. This is the way these things usually go round here with illness: Child A brings home a snuffle from school, passes it on to Child B. Both cough and splutter their way around the house and about their business, while Mr RLC and...
An Introvert’s Guide to Networking
If you’re a raging introvert like me, then starting your own business and working on your own is a natural fit. The office environment was fine and I did it for 12 years: but for an introvert, interacting with people all day long whenever they feel like talking to you...
The September 2021 Brand Blog – Fox Brand Image and LC-Photography
As my business and I emerged from another lockdown and months of homeschool, I felt a bit lost. I knew what I wanted to offer, and what my favourite types of customer were like – the ones I wanted more of – but I didn’t really know what to put out there about myself...
Infants v Juniors – a Blog Post by the RLC Boys
Do you remember a time when your biggest worry was what lesson was looming over the timetable horizon next – and what delicious dish was coming up for school lunch? Well, perhaps the last one never happened (my memories are mainly of mince and mashed potato, followed...
