I wonder what we would have been thinking last Christmas, had we known the challenges we would face in 2020. A pandemic? Surely not. Toilet paper wars? No way. And things just seemed to get worse as the year went on. School children had to learn from home. People had to work from home if […]
July – A Month of Remembering
July Memories Two life changing events have occurred for me, during July. Every year, as July approaches, I feel my mood darkening. I can’t explain it really, but I feel the need to focus on remembering, as the month approaches. Usually, when I feel overwhelmed with memories, I’m able to compartmentalise them, and pop them […]
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Crazy Month of May 2020 Meme – Pandemic Experience
This post has been reposted from my other blog Tracking Down The Family. I don’t usually share posts, between the blogs but when I do, there’s a good reason to do so. It’s not just to fill space. I feel that this meme would be of interest to my blogging friends here and not just […]
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Women of Courage Guest Post
Women Of Courage Denyse from Denyse Whelan Blogs has a brilliant series called Women Of Courage, that I’ve been following since the first post in 2019. Each week Denyse interviews a woman who has shown courage during her life in the face of adversity. From Denyse Whelan Blogs: Courage is strength in the face of […]
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Its My Blogiversary and 4 Things I Love About Blogging
It’s my blogiversary! The date had crept up on me, and it wasn’t until WordPress gave me the message, that I realised it’s now 9 years since I started this blog. I have mentioned on blogiversary posts in previous years, that it was my daughter who told me I should start a blog. At first, […]
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Busy-ness Update
Regular readers may have noticed that recently my posts have been more infrequent than usual. Your first thought may be that perhaps I’m getting tired of blogging. I’m here to tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Over the years, blogging has almost become my purpose in life. I do love it […]
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Micro Loans through Kiva
I thought it was about time that I did a blog post about Kiva, considering I am so passionate about this form of donation. My history blog Tracking Down The Family is where I usually blog Kiva. Click here to see the last post I wrote about it I decided to become involved with Kiva […]
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Australia Day Reflection
This is not at all fitness related but Australia Day always makes me reflect on my two favourite poems by A.B. Banjo Paterson MULGA BILL’S BICYCLE by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson ‘Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze; He turned away the good old horse that served him many days; He dressed himself […]