Old Testament

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. I’m the worker bee Debra is the shortened version of Deborah. I’m glad I’m shortened as, as a child I thought the longer version was pronounced De-bore-ah, and I didn’t want to be boring. It originated from the Prophetess Deborah who was the first femaleContinueContinue reading “Old Testament”

Successful Writer

What’s your dream job? I love writing. Although my blogs can be quite serious I have a terrific sense of humour, and I enjoy expressing life through poetry and plays. It’s fun to see what I can do with words, how can I play with them, manipulate them, word emotions, mislead, clarify. How can IContinueContinue reading “Successful Writer”

The Equality of War and Insults

They are for the weak This image doesn’t even begin to demonstrate the longevity of the problem. Humans wage war and humans insult. We’re in the 21st Century and social media has clearly demonstrated that as a race we have barely advanced. Technological complications Yes we laud our technology, the fancy stuff we can build,ContinueContinue reading “The Equality of War and Insults”

How Long Have You Got?

If you could un-invent something, what would it be? My list would be endless and include every weapon, smartphones, that can be used as bombs for one thing, let alone wasting time when we could experience connections for real. Then there are technological tablets, tablets that don’t cure mental health issues (just one example), chemicalsContinueContinue reading “How Long Have You Got?”

Throw Hubby Out!

Where can you reduce clutter in your life? As you can see though he’s too cute for that, but then he’s my soul mate so I will think that when he’s 90. However, his garage! Ever since we’ve met his garage has been the thing of nightmares. Even if we’ve completely cleared it, within aContinueContinue reading “Throw Hubby Out!”

Visiting Uncle Joe’s House

Think back on your most memorable road trip. I’ve told this story before. I had a very dear uncle in Florida called Joe, he was a courtesy uncle. Joe was instrumental in keeping my dad alive during a very bad time in his life. He told me after dad died that he was in aContinueContinue reading “Visiting Uncle Joe’s House”