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Writing

Dear Reader I do like to write. That may seem obvious from the fact that I am writing this blog, but I don’t mean that, or my ambition to write a book or several. I mean I like to write letters, to...

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Close your eyes…

Lots of things can happen when you close your eyes. Closing my eyes sometimes helps me to remember the thing I’m trying to think of, as if I am looking inwards at the filing cabinet in my brain,...

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Mirror Mirror…

We have a large mirror in our bathroom which is next to the toilet (it’s not weird honestly), this means that when you assume the position you can, if you like, look at yourself in the mirror. I found...

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Things that make me go “OOOOO”

With the European elections just done and dusted,  I have been thinking about the things I believe in. What makes me, me? Why do I do the things I do, or don’t do the things I don’t? So it all came...

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Fear – Friend or Foe?

I have recently spent an extraordinary 5 days learning about birth and the time before and after birth. There was much reflection to be done. It was during one of these momentary reflections that I...

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I need to get this off my chest

I’m writing this quickly – I have so much to do but I need to get this off my chest.  The Ebola crisis I live in the UK –  border controls have been instigated for those travelling in to the country...

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To the future…

A Conservative majority then, with big UKIP gains in vote share (thankfully not seats). This is not what I voted for, nor what I believe will be good for our country or even the planet. I’m frightened...

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The Human Rights Act – don’t forget it

A week or so ago I wrote a letter to my MP, Edward Timpson, asking him to vote against a repeal of the HRA. I sent it before the state opening of parliament so I was, at the time, not aware of the...

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What do you know?

Just over a week ago, I was at a funeral. The deceased was in her early 50’s and died too young, her widower and her young but adult daughters were the epitome of grace and dignity and did her proud....

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50 Christmasses

Christmas 2018 was my 50th Christmas (screaming emoji face), and it didn’t disappoint. Admittedly I don’t remember the first few, and many of the ones I do remember merge in to one, it seems a good...

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