Creative Entrepreneur of the Month: Robyn Trainer of Floral Footsteps

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Seymour

Confucius say, “Make a living from what you love and you’ll never work another day in your life” and although this sounds lovely and has become something of a mantra for our times, anyone who has succeeded in making a living from something they love will be able to tell you there is a lot [...]

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Personal Experiment: Going Soap Free (it’s the new “clean”)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Seymour

I’m trying this as an experiment. I am on day 5 of using no soap or shampoo, just water, to wash and shave with. This may come as a surprise to anyone who knows how fond I am of natural plant based and home-made soaps. Why give up soap? From the top of my head, [...]

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Milk Monday: Why Aren’t You Vegan?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Seymour

Sometimes I get asked why I am vegan. This was more common when I first transitioned into abstaining from animal products. Nowadays I am more likely to get what seems like polite and accommodating indifference. I sit at tables longing for someone to pop the question and give me permission to discuss something that is [...]

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Mingling Business and Personal Stuff in Social Media

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Seymour

The question is, “to what extent should I keep my personal and business life separate when using twitter, facebook, and other social media?“ The answer is, “It’s up to you.” There are no rules and everyone works out their personal approach to this one, which is one of the beauties of the “Wild West” that [...]

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Current Creative Projects

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Seymour

The next couple of months is looking exciting, here’s what I am up to: Stories from the Borders of Sleep This is my personal pet project that is delightfully growing a life of its own. For a number of years I have been keeping a dream diary and also a record of some of the [...]

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Google Contextual Ads Bring a Tinge of Irony to Apocalyptic Predictions

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Seymour

So I only just found out about the end of the world, too. So I checked in to judgementday2011.com – it was hard to focus on the facts with all those adverts offering me one last bite at life on earth: Errr …. Thank you, how very welcoming! Salvation or sushi? The choice is yours! [...]

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