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The sound of music
What would your life be like without music? I like music. I like almost every kind of music. After 82 years of listening to music, I have gone from Elvis Presley to Elgar and Ricky Nelson to Rachmaninov – and … Continue reading
Date bar failure
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. When I was a sixteen year old girl, living in London and going to school at the USAF base in Bushey Park, I had three month long summer holidays. Between my … Continue reading
“Please,……can I have some more?”
What are your favorite types of foods? Some people eat to live whereas some live to eat. I come into that,second category, nowadays. I don’t think I have always loved food though some foods I have always loved. Today, my … Continue reading
Pepe, the young gull
Every morning when I get up (after 8 almost always, after 9 sometimes), I open the curtains in my room which I share with a certain middle-aged dog called Lola, open the window and look out at the day. Lola … Continue reading
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My Favourite……word?
What’s your favorite word? What an interesting idea – that someone would have a favourite word! Words are useful, necessary, and sometimes annoying, but favourite? Adults know and use many words. Each word may be a necessity in its sentence … Continue reading
🎶🎶Crying🎶🎶
What brings a tear of joy to your eye? From the time I was little* I have cried easily at being told off, reading a sad story, being heart-broken, being happy, and a whole lot of other times including some … Continue reading
Words
I’ve just read an article about Helen Mirren. In it we find that she hates the word ‘feisty’ and was particularly annoyed when she was described as such. I don’t mind ‘feisty’ – it’s never been a word I’ve thought … Continue reading
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Goal Planning
How do you plan your goals? Even at 82, I have a few goals. They aren’t long term like becoming a millionaire or becoming a famous model. No, they’re quite short or medium term, my goals. My biggest medium term … Continue reading
🎶These are a few of my favourite things🎶
List 30 things that make you happy.
Reptiles, Amphibians and Mammals…..
If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be? I’m not really certain that bringing back a dinosaur would be a great use of either science or money. We all know about dinosaurs, don’t we? Except, of … Continue reading
White Haired Woman 