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What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept? Kids can get away with this. – adults can’t My mother taught me as a child that ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘thank you’ are actions not words. That’s where this commitment started. She said that if you are sorry you never do or say thatContinueContinue reading “To Be Kind and Respectful”

If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be? I did think of Mr Spock and then I couldn’t think why. He may be too logical for a creative writer. Then I thought of Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice but you’d probably find that the romantic version in the bookContinueContinue reading “After Following a Train of Thought…”

What is the best purchase you have ever made? Marby and Geris (First two) The cats were of course adoptions rather than purchases, but you do give a donation so it counts. Not only that they’re the best thing we’ve ever ‘purchased’. Marby and Geris were an unexpected event in my life. I was terrifiedContinueContinue reading “A Post for Animal Lovers: Long read!”

What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever been part of? This could be the shortest blog in recorded history. I literally can’t think of one thing. So… Thinking… Nope nothing… There was that time when…no there wasn’t… Boy I’ve led a wild life! I think the only thing that even makes me smile when it comesContinueContinue reading “Nothing Comes to Mind”

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Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why?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”