Isolated, But Not Alone

Dear MuSingers, I didn’t want to write a post like this.  I never believed that I would.  Not in a million years. I wanted to be telling you about how good my study life had started to feel, how my mind had been expanding and my brain cells jumping as I learnt new things about…

How to Live Like a Dog

My dog. He longs for his walk, lives for his biscuit, purrs while being cuddled, seeks back massages, and loves his din-dins at the appointed hour. That’s it.  That is how he defines a successful life. He does not have a degree or a formal job (his informal job is being our security guard and…

Spit spot! Why a Mary Poppins perspective positively pleases

I recently saw Mary Poppins Returns and while today’s post will not specifically review this movie in too much detail (hint: go and see it for yourself!), the cast and lead characters are wonderful – particularly Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack the lamplighter. From the opening scene you have the…