Hi all, Sorry about the quality of the photo, plus I didn’t exactly get the trophy holding right but I think you get the jist of how happy I am! I have also included a picture from the race, you can see just how wet it was!
New toys
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Lock down has been so hard on so many businesses, I have friends that run
pubs that have missed out on so much income over the summer and Christmas
per...
Our World Tuesday: Gilgamesh, Running
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As the gray of late winter dissolves into muck and slush and rain, I find
myself inside more often than not, though not unhappily as I hear the songs
of...
Driving Home
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I grew up on the other side of this mountain. I raised my children on this
side. It’s punctuated my horizons for years – like an exclamation mark; it
says,...
Snacks, Lockdown style
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Husband walks into the kitchen as I'm measuring 50g of cornflakes into a
bowl already containing 350g of porridge oats.
'What's that for?'
'I'm making ...
Square Eyes
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* "You'll get square eyes", mum used to say, if I sat huddled up to our
black and white television set as a child. She was from an **era between
world wa...
Down Memory Lane
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*Down Memory Lane*
This Week's Blog Memory is based on a combination of my Ambulance Days when
I met Mr Darcy at The Jane Austen centre in Bath and t...
Implants Are Important Procedures In Dentistry
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In this article we are going to look at the different types of dental
implants available in
implant dentistry, including a brief description of each one....
Sorry Not Sorry
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I'm sorry I keep pointing you towards Brené Brown's podcast, Unlocking Us,
but I'm not *that* sorry.* I've appreciated every episode. Brené recently
interv...
Falling from the Nest
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Mama sparrow flapped and chirped
With great fury
As my husband and I peeked in
on her babies,
Eyes open, feathers formed,
Nearly ready to fly....
Review: Let The Little Children Come
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One of my alter egos gets to try to keep a small group of 7-12 yos
entertained, or at least contained, and occasionally get in a few deep and
meaningful di...
Explanations
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If there is anyone left who still reads my blog, they will be wondering why
I haven't posted lately.
If I'm truthful, I have completely lost the need to do ...
Freedom...
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*“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything
to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it
while ...
Good Friday 2017. It is finished.
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It's Easter Week once again. The older I get, the faster the days, months
and years go. Seems like it was just this time last year. We're already
busy ...
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I know I haven't posted anything in ages! I apologize for my absence; I
just ran out of things to say. I thought I'd share a short story I wrote
a whi...
Don't Look Now
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*The Sunday Times has launched a campaign to bring down the rate of
stillbirths. As part of that they asked me to write a personal piece. This
is the direc...
R.I.P. My Dear Mum
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My dear Mum passed away recently, aged 93. She had been in residential
care and seemed fine physically. One weekend morning in March I had a call
from...
Home sweet Como Park
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Up at 4 a.m.--well, 4 a.m. Minnesota time, which I never really got off
of--and walking up my front steps by 11 a.m. In the van to the airport the
two w...
Full Circle
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All I can remember of that day is sitting in the front seat of a car. I
can't recall the weather, the time of year, or even the model of the
car. We were i...
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