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If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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How to Recycle Unwanted Gifts

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We’ve all been there. It’s Christmas or our birthday, and we’ve opened many presents. Most are amazing, however, some a little less so – what’s a person to do? Say thank you, and if it’s an ornament, place it somewhere “out of the way”; an item of clothing, wear it that one time; a gift […]

Life is too short for making excuses

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Today began with the shocking news that a very lovely woman had died. I met her on my writing course and hoped that we could become friends. My heart aches and I struggle to understand how so much life could simply be gone – it must be unbearable for her family. However, I’m not going […]

Top Facebook crimes

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A post from 2013, but this week Facebook reminded me that it was 10 years since I first posted a status – back in the day when you’d be happy to be poked by a chum. I thought it could do with another airing. A good eye, deer. What did we do before Facebook? I […]

All the things I’m not writing about this week

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My head is very full at the moment and there are dozens of things I want to write about. I’ve already forgotten some of the most brilliant ideas and the rest are getting fuzzier. I’d like to theorise more about mental load and how to unload. I want to write poetically about what happens when […]