Category Archives: Random Daily Blogs

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I’ve mentioned Dr Iftikhar Malik from Bath Spa University many times. The most incredible human being I’ve ever met. He changed me for life with his humility, love of the UK, open-mindedness, knowledge of world events, and love of what he did. I wanted to work alongside himContinueContinue reading “Old History”

What do you wish you could do more every day? I would give anything for a good laugh. Laughter used to be my default setting. Not for a long time though. You can’t buy the things that matter. Pop down to a shop and choose one designer dress and a bag of giggles. The imageContinueContinue reading “Laugh”

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I can see the beauty but it’s not for me. For one thing I get bored then need a change, and although tattoos can be updated I’d probably want something completely different. I don’t imagine that’s easy to do. But ink in my skin?ContinueContinue reading “None and Nowhere”

What is one word that describes you? With war; racism; social medial trolls; gender bashing; calling those that care naive. Bored and flabbergasted that we have to defend decency and reason. Bored and stunned that after two world wars, the potential for a third is even a thing. Baffled that countries expect us to admireContinueContinue reading “Bored”

What was the best compliment you’ve received? My dad was everything to my mum. She absolutely adored him. So when she told me that I was everything my father was, that was a stratospheric level of compliment. Until she said: “And it’s done you as much good as it did him hasn’t it?” Courage andContinueContinue reading “You Have to Smile”

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? In the UK a cross-country trip won’t take that long. Frankly I’d rather do Europe or Continental America, both would lead to more fascinating trips. In Europe you can just keep going and see all kinds of different scenery, cities, meet a wideContinueContinue reading “Car”

Who is the most confident person you know? I looked for an image implying confidence and apparently it mainly means underwear shots! Not my thing. However, my husband decided to wash my washing up gloves today and did this with them. I’ve had some hilarious captions on social media! When it comes to confidence IContinueContinue reading “Me”

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? We all have negative feelings, and the first thing I ask people is always: What caused it? Then I give them paper and a pen and get them to write everything down. It can look dreadful when you see it all on paper, but ifContinueContinue reading “Gentleness and Logic”

What activities do you lose yourself in? Except I wouldn’t do it outside and I haven’t sat cross legged since Methuselah was a baby. Not that I actually know who Methuselah was. I need to be warm and I’m too easily distracted not to shut myself away. I also hate the feeling of wind inContinueContinue reading “Meditation”

What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? If there had been more of that in my family I would have spent more time with my brother Well not to the best of my recollection, however, in 68 years anything is possible. But then TV is not life and watching itContinueContinue reading “None”