Random Musings
Welcome to my lucky bag blog series. Some days I find myself just wanting to write. There are prompts all around us. The news, our families, our friends, our own reading matter. If you just don't know what takes your fancy today, then dive in. You just never know what colour jelly bean you might come out with.
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A Country Divided
Unless you have been living under a rock you will know, by now, that Boris started to lift some lockdown restrictions around about this time last week. I won’t lie. I was a…
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Two Cairns and a Mountain
Here we are again. Can you believe it’s May already? April has been a pretty stunning month, all things considered. Our garden is coming on a treat. And given our growing season is…
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Time Flies In Lockdown
My oh my, how time flies. I can hardly believe we are almost at the end of April. Does anyone else feel like the weeks are zipping by? Merging milestones I guess, traditionally…
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Ten Days Without Supermarket Panic Buying
As we near the end of week one of UK Covid-19 Coronavirus ‘lockdown’, I promised I would let you know how we had managed without joining the masses of people supermarket panic buying. …
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Making More Of Our Local Food Chain
Well, it’s been an interesting week hasn’t it? We watched as the UK began to ramp up, and clamp down, in an effort to try and manage the spread of Coroanvirus Covid-19. To…
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Flying Without Wings
It’s been an interesting week. A week that brought Flybe’s collapse, more virus challenges and a decision to create a mini She Wordsmiths. Change is not always easy to handle, but I got…
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Spring Is Here But It’s Not To Be Sneezed At
Meteorological spring has arrived. I love it when the 1st of March dawns. The winter months have often been accompanied by a dip in my own energy and mental health. But I seem…
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A Heartwarming Round-Up Among the Madness
There has been a certain irony to this week. Exiting the EU, viruses but mostly heartwarming stories are on this weeks round up. Exit stage right – or is it left The long-awaited…
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Goodbye 2019 – Hello 2020
Here we are again. The 31st December. The day we look back at the year we say goodbye to, and think about 2020, the year to come. New Year is also a turn…
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True or False – Be a Wise Owl
Great big giveaways Did you hear? Tesco and Morrisons are giving away £50 coupons like they are free sweeties. All you have to do is share a link post on Facebook. Awesome. I…
