It is still quite cool, but it is warm enough for me to wear a t-shirt during the day when walking the dog. In the evening though, I still need a hoodie. Many are still wearing quite heavy jackets, but

I was discussing the use of AI in Sales Enablement processes today, and I find it interesting how many believe it is the solution to all of their issues, because it can automate a lot of the tasks, write

I was walking our dog this evening and came across these deer grazing in a field. From the picture it looks like I might be walking through the highlands, but just on the right edge you can see a frisbee

Sitting in a café writing. Some people look at me weirdly when I am using a laptop in public, which I think is down to me using a physical mouse instead of the touchpad. It is not that I am totally incapable

With a four-day weekend, it has been pretty lazy all up. Other than in-laws visiting for lunch yesterday (my wife grilled steaks), we had nothing planned and did very little. It might have been a bit of

Body. Mind. Heart. Relationships. These are the four parts that make us human and if they are not in healthy alignment, we are going to struggle. That means we have to ensure that we are taking care of

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

Ride Away The lanes merged and we were found, No space in front and no way round. Forced to be in each other's path, Last to first and first to last. Welcome sights passed us by, In a blur of laughs and

we were just "planning" our summer vacation. There isn't much planning involved at this stage however, as it is going to depend a bit on the weather. But what we have secured is a campervan for

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might

The number of second-generation Finns - meaning people born in Finland with one or both parents born abroad - climbed above the 100,000 mark in 2025. Smallsteps is counted among them of course. But as

A glass of wine. I have been sipping at a bottle for the last week or so, and it has been quite enjoyable. However, even though it is a decent shiraz from Australia, it isn't as good as it could be, because

I am closing in on 50. A few more years and I will be at half a century old. What this means is I have seen a few changes in culture over the years and my childhood environment was quite different to that

Sometimes good news just pops up. Nothing that helps me at all, but someone I know is now expecting and I am just so happy for them and look forward to being even a tiny part in the life of their child.

When it is my shift (we take it in turns) to put Smallsteps to bed, I read her books. We have read many, several series, and across various genres, and now we are reading the last we have in the shelf

Hope. We do a lot of hoping, don't we? We hope the best for them and us, we hope things will turn out alright, we hope that this will be good, or that won't happen. We hope a lot, but I wonder how much

For the couple months, I have been sitting at the kitchen table when I am at the laptop. Not sure why, but it has been better than on the couch upstairs, as I found myself too distracted there. Tonight

Pipped at the post. I don't know the last time I finished in the top 25 of the Modern Leaderboard, but with less than ten minutes to go before the end of season when maintenance also kicked in, I saw I

Wouldn't it be nice to always live on the other side? Or perhaps I am living on the other side and what I am seeing over the fence is where I belong. You might have to do some thinking to work that one

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens