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Perimenopause stopped me from sleeping – until I did this!
I have made no secret of the fact that my sleep has been severely knocked by perimenopause. Actually, a lot of things were. When sitting down to write this, I was going to say something about how well informed we are now about this stage of life compared to earlier generations. Then I remembered the…
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My book ‘A Plateful of Poetry’……
Is now available in paperback! It has been a long and slow process – the kindle version has been up for a while now but the cover needed to be re-done and various other bits and pieces but now, I think (and hope) everything is ok! Christmas gift idea anyone? (It’s not too early for…
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Growth in the garden!
I haven’t done a gardening update for a while and there has been a lot happening. For one, I’ve made a new friend in the garden! First of all, I’ll show you what I’ve had to deal with on the plot. I swear, my workload would be cut down if other people were just a…
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Sunshine Blogger Award!
This is a new experience for me. Well well well. It turns out I’ve been nominated for this by a lovely fellow blogger who I love talking to and sharing ideas with. Laura’s blog ‘Black Moon Lilith’ can be found here. Her art, poetry and views on life are always inspirational so I’d like to…
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How 1 Sock Can Cause a Meltdown
This has been quite a difficult week – you may have noticed (or maybe you didn’t!) that I haven’t posted much this week. I have been trying so hard to keep on top of the house duties – sticking to my cleaning schedule, dealing with the laundry mountain which included getting the iron out several…
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Hello 2025
I had planned to do the writing challenge for the start of the year but I found I just couldn’t get it started. It has made me realise why I don’t really look back in time and get all reflective. I know we are supposed to reflect and take time to think about what has…
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Daily prompt #2 -what activities do you lose yourself in?
I had one immediate answer – gardening – plain and simple. Give me some dirt to work and I’m happy. There is truly nothing better, whether its in the garden or at the allotment, than being surrounded by birds and bugs while I work in the dirt to nature’s soundtrack. The weather doesn’t have to…
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Writing
If I could write every day, what on Earth would I say, that would make all the readers come and look my way? Would they want to know my thoughts on the questions they’ve all got? Or would they stick with the authors they’ve already bought? Don’t they wish for new perspective to challenge old…
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