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Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts
Saturday, May 02, 2026

Every vote counts

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Mum always voted. This is her, aged 93, partially blind and a little unsteady on her feet, voting at the local elections in England 18 month...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

National Kindness Day 2024 is today!

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I was reminded about his in my Facebook memories and, I'll be completely honest, it was not on my radar at all until it cropped up in my...
Wednesday, August 07, 2024

You are what you eat

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This phrase, 'You Are What You Eat', keeps coming back to me. I've been thinking about its wider meaning for more than 20 years ...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Green Man could stay on for longer at pedestrian crossings in England

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I'm pleased to see that the length of time given for someone to cross a road at pedestrian crossings in the UK is to be increased. I wal...
Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Stress and decision paralysis

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I think it's fair to say, that most of us have experienced more than our fair share of stress over the last two years. What some of you ...
Monday, December 06, 2021

The Poetry Advent Calendar

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Historically, I would have described myself as an ambivert - happy at times to be extroverted and just as happy at other times to be entirel...
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Sunday, December 05, 2021

Not much to report, I'm afraid!

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 I've not had the urge to write much at all this last few years. That's down to circumstances I guess - being full-time carer to my ...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

It's Mental Health Awareness Week...

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A quote from Matt Haig's book, Reasons to Stay Alive Mental Health Awareness Week. What does that even mean? 'Mental health' is ...
Friday, May 14, 2021

Captain Tom 100 Challenge completed!

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Well, ladies and gentlemen of the internet, I am delighted to tell you that I completed my Captain Tom 100 challenge over the bank holiday w...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Captain Tom 100 Challenge Accepted!

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I don't know about you, but I was very moved by Captain Tom's story last year. Whilst in lockdown, news of his exploits and the mone...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

So much this

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 Is this just a British thing?  Via Facebook .
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

International Day of Happiness

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I didn't actually know there was an International Day of Happiness until this morning. Apparently, it's today. It's a United Nat...
Friday, December 22, 2017

It's predictions season... Here are GP Bullhound's Top 10 for 2018

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GP Bullhound, a leading technology advisory and investment firm, has released its 2018 Technology Predictions Report. Their Top Technology...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Bloggers' Perks - going to a fashion showcase

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Occasionally I get invited to interesting events on the back of having a blog. One of these instances happened almost a month ago when I was...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Have you been Wham'd?

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It's Whamageddon time. Are you playing? I'm a bit late to this as it's been going since 1st December but since I haven't ye...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Less can be more

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It's very easy to get carried away at Christmas and buy huge amounts of gifts for your nearest and dearest. Sometimes the pressure to...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Sunday Snippets

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It's Sunday and I have snippets to share: Want to speak at a conference? Then check out Mark Littlewood's top tips for a successfu...
Monday, December 04, 2017

A nice sit down and a think

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From 'Memorial Bench' blog The internet can be an amazing place sometimes. The time and energy that goes into crowdsourced infor...
Friday, December 01, 2017

I'm not giving up on the daily blogging thing yet!

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I got a lot out of last month's daily blogging challenge, so I'm back at it for # Blogmas . The idea is to write something daily, ...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

NaBloPoMo 2017 - The Round Up

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I can hardly believe that a month has gone by and I have completed the challenge I set myself with this NaBloPoMo thing. And thank you if ...