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ALEXANDRIA BLAELOCK

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Friendship demands I trust and treat other beings as well as I want to be treated.

The Melodious Dawn Chorus Daily

The Melodious Dawn Chorus Daily

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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Thank You Mrs Sparkle

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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I acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation who are the Traditional Custodians of the land I live and work on.

I pay respect to their Elders, past and present and extend that respect to other Aboriginal nations.



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