Author Archives: Candy
My home is my castle
Write about your dream home. I love my house. It is the place I’ve lived for over 20 years and the place I hope I will live in until that old Grim Reaper comes and gets me. That doesn’t mean … Continue reading
WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN?
Do you need a break? From what? The last few days I’ve opened my website’s statistics page to find that an unbelievable number of people have viewed some of my posts. I’m not unhappy about it but I am bewildered. … Continue reading
UPDATE to post I made in February ‘24 about my favourite sweets
If you scroll back to February 10th, 2024 there is a post about my favourite sweets as a grown up and, more particularly as a child and as an old lady remembering the taste of those sweets. For reasons you … Continue reading
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Candida
Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. My first name is Candida which is from the Latin, candidus meaning white, pure, bright. It is the name of a play by George Bernard Shaw, which is where my … Continue reading
Mickey, Donald & Pluto or the Simpsons or…….?
What’s your favorite cartoon? I loved watching cartoons on a Saturday morning in my childhood. I doubt if I had a favourite then; just about any cartoon would have made me smile or, even, laugh! Nowadays I tend not to … Continue reading
Easy Peasy!
Share five things you’re good at. You’d think it would be easy to think of five things I’m good at, wouldn’t you? Well, it’s not! If I were seven years old, I’d tell you that I am good at reading … Continue reading
Lives
What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why? I suppose the toughest decisions I’ve had to make in my life was whether or not to let several of our pets be put to sleep when they were seriously … Continue reading
Eggs, BBQ, Sweet Potatoes, Turkey
Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays? Until I was 15 my family did all the same things most other American families did when holidays occurred – Easter eggs at Easter, BBQs on the 4th … Continue reading
We are Family
Who are your current most favorite people? From my title, you may imagine that my favourite people are my family – and you would be right! My most favourite person in the whole wide world is my daughter who is … Continue reading
So cool!
What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)? I think that the coolest thing I have ever found was the nerve to say no to my very controlling mother! She wasn’t always so bad. When I was a child … Continue reading
White Haired Woman 