Today's writing challenge word - pairs - was a challenge for me. It took me a while thinking about it before a song came to me - Nina Simone singing about what she ain't got and what she's got, and lots of those things she's got come in pairs: "Got my arms, got my hands,… Continue reading Ain’t got – I got
Category: Reasons to be Cheerful
Reasons to be cheerful #3
I head back to work tomorrow after three weeks of mandated sick leave to recover from a chest infection (or possibly whooping cough, or I ever get the blood test results), so it may be a strange time to reflect on reasons to be cheerful but here goes. 1. Listening to music with headphones Mostly… Continue reading Reasons to be cheerful #3
Tidings of comfort and Joy
'Tis the season, as the song goes. The Christmas season when those songs about peace and happiness and joy get played on repeat in every store you go into. But what kind of things bring you joy? You know, those little moments of heart-gladdening, the lightning flash of something that lifts your soul, the glimpses… Continue reading Tidings of comfort and Joy
Reasons to be cheerful #2
I am feeling a bit down this week (and it's only Monday lunchtime!) so I want to think about good things for a bit. Here are five good things: I talked to my friend the cleaner about how she does her hair (it's straight again). Apparently she rinses it in vodka (!) because the hard… Continue reading Reasons to be cheerful #2
Reasons to be cheerful
There is so much negative news these days, it can be difficult to look up and find something good in the world. So taking inspiration from Ian Dury and the Blockheads, here are a few things that this week, make me feel the world is not such a bad place. The smell of Geranium oil.… Continue reading Reasons to be cheerful
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