I have been living in the UK for a several months now after living abroad for a few years. There were a lot of things I had to get used to coming back; the change in language, culture and the cost of living were definitely some of the things I noticed the most. It has... Continue Reading →
So here it is. The June and July edition of Happy and Positive. It was in June that for me, everything started to fall in to place a bit more. I had left Switzerland and was ready for a new beginning. Now things are really looking up and I’m excited for what the future has... Continue Reading →
Firstly, I realise I am super late in writing this post (LOL when am I not!) but I thought I'd be sharing a lot of 'links' posts lately and not enough story style blogs so I figured this was definitely worthy of an appearance. If you haven't seen from the title, I'm talking about watching... Continue Reading →
You may have noticed I have been away for a little while. It’s due to an unintentional two month break away from the blog partly for computer and technical issues that have been an absolute pain, and partly because I had to sort my life out a little bit, meaning writing for the blog took... Continue Reading →
You may have seen me speak about this project before on the blog, but now I really wanted to get the ball rolling. 'Jean on her travels' is a project that I started as a way of both documenting my travels and honouring my Grandmother. So what's story behind it? When my Grandmother passed away... Continue Reading →
Well here we are folks, the third month in. I won't lie, this one has been a little harder to write, partly for personal reasons; taking time to sort my own 'stuff' out has meant being distracted away from writing. However, has anyone else noticed how depressing the news has been this month? Whilst it... Continue Reading →
I read some cracking books in 2018. There was a really great mixture of both fiction and non-fiction and I can't wait to share them with you, so let's take a look: ONE: All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr ... Continue Reading →
Ah yes, February, you're shorter aren't you?! Well that didn't stop me and I have ten more things to be happy and positive about this month. So let's get cracking! LOCAL: After Geneva, Switzerland successfully introduced electric buses in 2018, it has been announced this month that the city of Basel is also planning... Continue Reading →
Hey, hey, hey! Welcome to my first new happy and positive post of 2019! I gather that it is now February, but I will be honest and say that finding items to write about has actually been harder than I thought for a few reasons; January has been super busy for me; moving to Switzerland... Continue Reading →
