I’ll always remember these things….
Let’s get the tough ones over with, shall we?! This is another post where I could write an epic! There’s been quite a few teachers who influenced me for the better or worse. Starting on a bad note,...
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This is what I see I wanted to write a short story based on this picture, but I lacked the courage! I noticed the couple first, then the graffiti, then wondered what the buildings were further down...
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Wherever I write about food it’s never that well read. I don’t know whether I lack the skills to adequately describe it, or people don’t expect me to write about it, but this time this post is to do...
View ArticleAs if it were yesterday
Forget it? no chance… This daily prompt caused me to do some soul-searching before I found it, hidden in the murky depths. Long forgotten save for when it occasionally resurfaces, stinging my...
View ArticleLet’s all have a Ceilidh!!
Do parties and crowds fill you with energy, or send you scurrying for peace and quiet? Even before illness reared its head I was somewhat apathetic about parties. Unable to dance well, and struggling...
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Dear Followers, Once again, thanks for not giving up on me! This past week (or is it a week and a bit) I only seem to have had the energy for one thing each day, and therefore no energy left to write,...
View Article“You can take the girl out of Scotland…”
It took me some time to think of a ‘bittersweet gift’, but then I remembered. It’s actually something very small, but something I used to collect; one of several fridge magnets. It is rectangular...
View ArticleWhen I was 10…
Dream (Photo credit: Xtream_i) I don’t actually remember what I wanted to be when I was growing up. It took me until the age of nine to be walking unaided without any supports on my legs! At that...
View ArticleMirror, Mirror (2)
Mirror (Photo credit: christing-O-) A comment left underneath the post I wrote about Standing Out Sitting Down said how insightful the post was, which has given me some confidence to attempt this...
View Article2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for sat n’ all that, with some surprising results, which you can read for yourself below: Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway...
View ArticleIn recent weeks, I….
Hi everyone, here I go with my latest attempt to kickstart my blog after some months of absence. Finally, finally, I feel ready to start writing regularl y again. Hopefully, I’ll manage to post three...
View ArticleAs if it were yesterday
Forget it? no chance… This daily prompt caused me to do some soul-searching before I found it, hidden in the murky depths. Long forgotten save for when it occasionally resurfaces, stinging my...
View ArticleLet’s all have a Ceilidh!!
Do parties and crowds fill you with energy, or send you scurrying for peace and quiet? Even before illness reared its head I was somewhat apathetic about parties. Unable to dance well, and struggling...
View Article“You can take the girl out of Scotland…”
It took me some time to think of a ‘bittersweet gift’, but then I remembered. It’s actually something very small, but something I used to collect; one of several fridge magnets. It is rectangular...
View ArticleFrom a modern flat to a big, old home….
A recent photo of me with my nephew, taken in my new room in Nursing Care facility where I now live. From ‘independence’ to full-time Nursing Care In the last little while, I’ve moved into residential...
View ArticleMore than ‘just’ a garden…
BW Front Garden Last Friday, the 15th July, was a special day in the lives of the staff, volunteers and residents at the Nursing home where I now live. 2 years of hard work from a committee, local...
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