On this page, you’ll find lifestyle blog posts written by Segilola Salami. As a mother, working from home, who loves cooking and gardening, you will find that these posts feature on one or more of these topics. There may be the odd extra post that reflects something that’s going on in Segilola Salami’s life.
Today, my daughter helped me in preparing our favourite Sunday breakfast, PANCAKES! Doing all the things I do, from being a mom to being an author, blogger and even having a regular job, there’s really little time to cook from scratch these days. Breakfast for us most days is either one cereal or the other, Read more about Here’s my pear and coconut pancake recipe for the perfect Sunday breakfast[…]
We are 15 days into 2018 and I feel like I need to hold myself more accountable. Last year, I was nowhere near as productive as I would have liked but lots of other things went on in my personal life. For instance, we moved house towards the end of the first quarter of 2017. If Read more about Here is my new year home office wishlist[…]
Happy 2018 everyone 😀 Hope your year has been going very well? Well, the lovely folks at Mud & Bloom have asked me to offer my blog readers the opportunity to win one nature crafts and gardening activity box for their children aged 3 – 8 years old. As a mum myself, I am quite excited to Read more about Competition: Win a nature crafts and gardening activity box for 3 – 8 year olds[…]
This is a post that I have been battling with myself about writing or not. I kinda decided that it is my blog and I can write whatever I darn well want to but I think a lot of women can relate to it. So what exactly are these 4 things men need to know Read more about 4 things men need to know about women who just gave birth to their child[…]
Authors of adult fiction genres are targeting self-sustaining adults. Adults have credit cards, and can buy ebooks or physical copies online at their discretion. But what if you write YA for teenagers? How do you self-publish Young Fiction and make it worth your while as an author? Teens typically don’t have a credit card at their Read more about How to Self-Publish Young Adult (YA) Fiction[…]
I mean, a pair of socks is just a pair of socks, right? So what really is there for a review? What makes a pair of socks the best pair of socks? I would normally not even consider a pair of socks as something that really needed reviewing until I got gifted a pair of Blue Guard Read more about I can’t believe I’m about to review the best pair of socks[…]
Following on from my post last week about Yaa Asantewaa, this week’s post on Amazing African women, who have done truly inspiring things, is about Queen Amina. I write these posts in the hope that when my daughter is older, she would read them and realise that she is capable of achieving anything she sets Read more about Have you heard of an AMAZING African woman called Queen Amina?[…]
As a mother, my daughter is always at the fore of my mind in most things I do. I always ask myself “how will action X affect my daughter?” So it should come as no surprise to you when the other day I was thinking of African women who my daughter could study when she was older. Read more about Have you heard of an AMAZING African woman called Yaa Asantewaa?[…]
Before I tell you why I think I should be president of ECOWAS, I should tell you some things first. You see, every so often, my mind goes back to something I read in a fiction novel. For the life of me, I can’t remember the title of the book. Maybe one day, I will get Read more about This is why I should be President of ECOWAS[…]
Following last week’s post by Susan Day, here’s another post from a grandparent’s perspective. Susan thinks (as a grandparent herself) that grandparents are better than parents. She shares 3 ways she feels grandparents are better than parents. Happy reading! *** Come on, you know it’s true. Grandparents are so much better than parents. Parents are all Read more about 3 Ways Grandparents are Better than Parents[…]
