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What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most? I like ice Skating, skiing can be thrilling. Curling is oddly fascinating and I think harder and far more skilful than it looks. When it comes to the summer Olympics I enjoy watching most of it occasionally, I quite like all the sports. I heard aContinueContinue reading “Not a great fan but”

How would you improve your community? We need to return to the idea of community rather than the isolationist idea of other. Not me. We need to start prizing the old fashioned ideas of courtesy and respect over violence and hate speech. Trolls should be made of concrete and placed in the garden. It takesContinueContinue reading “Attitude”

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? Is the pandemic still going on in other countries? In the UK it’s largely over. Yes there are still infections but no pandemic. Life is pretty normal now except for one thing that keeps cropping up; more people off sick with mentalContinueContinue reading “I’m Sorry What?”

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? Grand Canyon Some people say I wake up late in the morning, but it’s 2 am here and I’m wide awake. So I respectfully disagree. As the old saying goes: you’ll have to stay up late at night to catchContinueContinue reading “Night Owl”

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? This question is pointless in one way because everyone is unique, that’s a given. On the other hand: This is a very important question It came to me as I read it that there is a hugely important uniqueness in this world, one we have farContinueContinue reading “Being a Person”

If you could have something named after you, what would it be? Or after six seconds of pondering, Maybe I can. A bridge that says kindness as you walk/drive onto it and happiness as you move off. With words in the metal framework like joy; love; laughter; respect; inclusion; hope; peace; fun. Yes: Deb’s BridgeContinueContinue reading “I Can’t Imagine”

What makes you laugh? I enjoy a good comedy, but my go to show for sheer brilliance is Friends. At one time my husband refused to watch it, but when Matthew Perry sadly died I decided to cheer myself up by doing another run through of Friends. I was genuinely sad at the loss ofContinueContinue reading “‘Friends’”

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? I had no idea. I recall mentioning being a ballerina once for no apparent reason other than a teacher asked me that same question and that’s what popped into my mind. In truth I’m not and never was a career mindedContinueContinue reading “Everything”

What’s something most people don’t understand? I’ve got to the age where I know it’s a mistake to think you understand this world or ever will. That may surprise younger people, that I’m mid 60s and not completely inflexible, with the firm belief that I’m the authority on everything that matters and everything that doesn’t.ContinueContinue reading “I have no idea”

How has technology changed your job? As I’m retired this is a tricky question, so I’ll go off piste as usual. In some ways the advent of technology made my work a lot easier. When you made a mistake on a typewriter you had to start the entire page again, which usually meant you madeContinueContinue reading “Blast from the Past”