One of the amazing things about birds and animals, is vocal group communications, whether that’s the Dawn Chorus, Twighlight Barking,…
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Friendship demands I trust and treat other beings as well as I want to be treated.
Thank You Mrs Sparkle
A curious thing happened today. DB and I went to our local village fair, and among the things we do…
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Remembering and Forgetting
Not long ago, Katy got in touch. And I was remembering that she taught me one of the most important…
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Stress Free Medieval Dinner Party
Turns out to have been a really long time since I wrote a Dinner Party, and for a while there…
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The Joy in Matching Beanies
The other day, I saw a young couple wearing matching beanies on the train. He had his arm around her,…
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Alice ‘mid the Starships
“Normal” people get caught in social media quagmires, but I run down a different kind of internet rabbit hole. When…
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The Joyful Memories from Gifts of Love
I took advantage of the recent gloriously summery weather to catch up on some washing, starting with the towels because…
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Understanding Choice and What To Do With It
A while back, almost at the start of this blog, I talked about a place for setting goals for choice….
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Stealing Kisses
Sometimes, I think the best viewing comes from watching ordinary people doing ordinary things, like stealing kisses. And you don’t…
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Your Hierarchy of Needs
In 1954, Abraham Maslow posited that all people are driven to fulfil a basic set of human needs. Essentially, you…
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What I Need Right Now
The other day I was watching Men in Black: International, and among other things that made me laugh, were the…
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The Time of Great Regret
I generally call myself a forward thinker, but just lately I’ve been thinking backwards. It’s been a time of Great…
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5 Hints for Achieving Happiness
Some days it seems that all around you are exhortations to be happy. And some days, it feels like you…
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The Happy Benefits of Overcoming Fear
One of the 2019 Emerging Writers Festival workshops I enjoyed was Madeleine Dore’s Reaching the Finish Line, but it was…
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Stress Free London Blitz Dinner Party
Just recently I’ve read (and written) a few stories about World War II London. I’m inspired to write a Stress…
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