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What app eats up most of your screen time — and do you even feel bad about it? And yes! If you’d have told me 35 years ago that I’d land up playing silly games on a mobile phone I would have laughed at you. Fast forward those 35 years and my life has representedContinueContinue reading “Games”

What’s a movie or book that inspired you to travel? My dad traveled the Northern Hemisphere in the Merchant Navy, my uncle traveled the world in the Royal Navy. I don’t need inspiration to travel, it’s in my genes! We haven’t had many holidays due to my husband’s job. His last boss in finance hadn’tContinueContinue reading “I Can’t Keep Saying None 🤣”

If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be? This is where we went wrong Industrialisation is about more than pollution, it’s also about slave labour. Rather than eradicate poverty, people in the 21st Century still work for a wage they cannot live on while the owners and big bosses live aContinueContinue reading “Industrialisation”

Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why? My smartphone is almost permanently attached to my left hand, while my right hand scrolls, searches, and plays useless games. I really wish the smartphone had never been invented. For one thing nowadays, technology is intrusive, and leaks like a sieve. Sharing information about youContinueContinue reading “A Non-Smartphone”

What is the best excuse you have heard lately? This is me. I have always felt like I walk alone. I’m a jigsaw piece in the wrong box. This isn’t just the way I feel, it comes from what I have experienced all my life. As such I rarely speak to anyone except a fewContinueContinue reading “Excuse Recluse”

Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are? This references the difference between drifting into the person you became by being born and growing up, and arriving at a place in your life when you realise that the person you are doesn’t feel authentic. You are you, and yetContinueContinue reading “Who We Choose to Become”

If you had to be an animal for a week, which one would you be and why? Nero Particularly this one. He’s loving, he’s kind, he raised our most recent kittens, they still adore him. He’s so chilled we don’t really need a fridge. When he visits the vets he explores everything then flops outContinueContinue reading “My Cat”

What’s a piece of technology you’re convinced will exist in 20 years? It could be you! You might have been technologically modified to perform all kinds of tasks! A chip in the brain connected to your oven so that you can switch it on at work, your robot can then be programmed to fetch andContinueContinue reading “Anything is Possible”

Which book have you read more than any other? Doesn’t show the books very well on a small screen I have read Pride and Prejudice more than once, apart from that I can’t think of anything. But then I am 69 and I’ve been hiding in my bedroom reading since I was a young child.ContinueContinue reading “Seeking New Pastures”