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Choc Ice or Bounty?
What’s your confectionery of choice? And why is the throw away term choc ice or bounty potentially offensive to people of colour? I have to confess, I have been called a Bounty. I’ve also been called a...
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Olympia
i In stadium est laudum – the goal is to praise To be lifted up above competitors’ heads On the roar and swell of human approval as The endurance of my personal pain is a torch half-lit Without the...
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What do your initials mean? E
Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good listener, you have trouble relating. A person must be intellectually stimulating or you are not interested sexually. You need a friend for a...
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Conversation Between Friends ~ forever friends
The last few weeks, months, OK ~ the last year has been emotionally taxing. I have been stretched to the ends of my capacity for giving as a human being; and then some. There is a saying that God only...
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Poetry at the heart of it
My family is outspoken, passionate and hard working. Elegant one-liners, witty reposts, sharp put downs are the order du jour. Pens do have significant might over swords and emotions can be hurtled...
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What do your initials mean? D
“Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you move full steam ahead in pursuit. You do not give up your quest easily. You are nurturing and caring. If someone has a problem, this turns you...
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Dear Mum
Dear Mum I have tidyed my enomously messy room and I cleaned the hallway your sinsirley Jake + the Asops fables storie was good bye for now turn over I have colored it yellow for a reson that reason is...
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Farringdon Fancy
Regular travelers of London Underground will appreciate that tube travel can often be a bizarre experience. Locked into intimate embraces with total strangers before you are released on to a travelator...
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Body Brushing
Nothing complicated here. Just a simple solution if you are feeling a bit tired, sluggish, run down or feel a cold coming on, or all of the above. Body Brushing Body brushing is a DIY health treatment...
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Interview techniques
Skimming through my Twitter feed, I spotted a post entitled ‘How to act in an interview’ which sounded helpful enough but something jarred with me – aha – it was the word ‘act’. As a career girl of...
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100 years young: An Elder Speaks
It has taken me a while to load this video. Firstly I cringe when I hear myself speak. Secondly, I remember how much I miss my granddad for his wise words and wicked sense of humour. He had a knack of...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 25,000 views in 2012....
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Fashion for less
If you are looking for fashion for less, look no further than you local charity shop – I call it ‘Charity Shop Chic’, which is essentially dressing like a royalty on a servant’s budget. What’s not to...
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The Mask – Dr. Maya Angelou
I find this one so moving, so personal – WHAT a performance. She touches on the part of women, and in particular black women, that is so alluring: the layers of charm, humour and wit that are used to...
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For Maya
photo courtesy positiveimageproject Maya We felt your light, your strength, your hope as dark-skinned girls with large white teeth and short black hair you made us shine like ocean pearls yes, we...
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Cheyenne
Doing homework with my son, sometimes has incredible results. I found myself drawn into the fascinating and disturbing history of the Native Americans. I was blown away by just how many tribes there...
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Creative thinking, vital time or a waste of time?
Many of us boast about our creativity. Many more run screaming for the hills when the word ‘creativity’ is mentioned. Myers-Briggs tells me I’m split about straight down the middle on creativity vs....
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Older Women – a Beautiful Paradox
So much of beauty is associated with youth, if you think of the language used by the cosmetics industry for women, you get a strong sense of beauty being firmly a luxury of youth: the ‘bloom’ in the...
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On your doorstep
Can you spot the robin? I’m sure this is not particular to London dwellers, but we are as guilty as many who live in beautiful and wealthy cities but do not take full advantage of them. Conversation...
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Loom Bands craze, a parent’s badge of honour
Suzy’s Loom: Adorning the end of my arm is an eye-catching traditional fishtail loomband, in topical, tropical summer coral hues. In this next photo, Jake is modelling a hand-made rainbow selection...
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