The Let Them Theory is available as a book or Audiobook ROSIE LOVES SELF-HELP BOOKS! She has a metaphorical and literal bookshelf groaning with them... most of them are in the form of Audiobooks which she likes to listen to whilst out walking, or at night using eye mask headphones. So these little "book reviews" are very much Rosie's own reflections on books she has found particularly inspiring and helpful, and will be dotted into this blogsite as and when she can share them

Rosie doesn't like liquorice, partly because she read somewhere as a kid that it was made from rats' blood. Perhaps it was, in ye olden days, but, ingredients aside, the taste, the colour, the texture - it just doesn't appeal to her sweet tooth. But liquorice allsorts, where the nasty black confection is made more palatable by being covered with different coloured sweet layers, are more interesting as a metaphor for life. Don't you often find that society, and the organizatio

Rosie's new shoes! You've heard of a "Personal Best"? Well, at the most recent ParkRun she took part in, Rosie managed to record her "Personal Worst" - her slowest time in over 40 events. She realises she isn't getting any younger, but finishing behind a poodle and a kiddy being pushed in a buggy was a bit humbling. ParkRuns are supposed to be a good way of just getting a bit of exercise on a Saturday morning, and interacting with folk, but the competitive edge is bound to cr

Just a life observation! It's fascinating how one often seems to be invisible to, or ignored by, our fellow human beings, unless they perceive that something we can be or do for them can benefit their own happiness or well-being. It's basic human nature, this thing of "looking after number one", pointed out in various psychology and self-help books. As Carl Vernon says in his book You Care Too Much: "Nobody gives two shits". I guess that Kate Bush has also "been there, seen

One of our favourite Kate Bush songs! And a theme tune for one of Rosie's "60 things at 60" Bucket List items - walking around England. A "nominal" version, though, taking us along pilgrim paths and through interesting historic and atmospheric places, rather than just "hugging the coastline". We already live by the sea, so it's nice to venture a bit more inland. Here's a map showing our progress so far. The lines in red are the bits we've done so far... as at May 2026. Oh, En