Category: Blogs
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Gaming Misconceptions: “It’s for Losers!”
The gaming world isn’t filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it’s mostly enchanting – Naomi Alderman I recently had a conversation with someone where I admitted I played computer games in my spare time. I could not contain my growing smirk as I watched their happy, friendly face…
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Are you frozen?
In dire times you can lose joy, but you can’t lose hope. Hope is your guide. – Paulo Coelho I haven’t written a blog here for a very long time. In fact, the last time I wrote one was shortly after my sister’s funeral last summer, which was also after…
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A poem by Rupi Kaur
In a dream I saw my mother with the love of her life and no children it was the happiest I’d ever seen her
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A pantoum by Randall Mann, “Pantoum”
If there is a word in the lexicon of love, it will not declare itself. The nature of words is to fail men who fall in love with men. It will not declare itself, the perfect word. Boyfriend seems ridiculous: men who fall in love with men deserve something a…
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Bamboo-zled
This is my first attempt at Pantoum poetry, a verse form that originated in Malaysia in the 15th Century. I learnt about Pantoums during a writing course in 2022 and the discipline of creating was a challenge indeed but very enjoyable. I love writing them! I hope you enjoyed this!…
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Death diaries
Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out. Kurt Cobain I was sitting in a hospital waiting room. My friend, who I’ve known for over 35 years, had an appointment and she was nervous about going alone. As we people watched and clock watched, we started discussing our…
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What the…..?!
Mistakes are the price of an interesting life Sophia Loren Today I’d like to discuss…..wrong orders. I have been laughing so much at people’s recollections of when they ordered the wrong thing intending to order something else. I have done this frequently. When I first did an online food shop…
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Enough is enough
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” —Rumi, ancient poet Today’s blog is about some conversations I’ve had recently. The words ‘Enough’ and ‘Stop’ seemed to be recurring topics of conversations…. Are you a people pleaser? Does other people’s opinions worry you? Or,…
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YoYo Grieving!
After a lifetime of family deaths and funerals I am still taken by surprise with grief. Yesterday was my sister’s funeral. I sobbed, shoulders shaking throughout the service, watching the musical slideshow of photos of her and I as little children then teenagers and her with her own family. I…
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Oh woe online dating!
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass Hi! And welcome to my first blog! So, a short introduction to me (and I am…
