Awareness that there is even such a day seems to be gathering force. I wonder how far the pandemic has set women back. Lots of things i read suggest that will be one of its side effects - disproportionate economic disadvantage to women.
- Never Far From Me
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The lights in the cottage at night
Show her cataracts and in the gloom I now see an old lady
She’s now almost blind in one eye.
And walks a little stiffly ...
PICK UP GLASSES
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*I'm happy to say I'm getting my new glasses today. I get to stop wearing
the one armed, old as hell glasses. Ha! I have managed to lose them
too.....
This and that .....and that.....etc.
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Yesterday Zoē was sick...shaking, panting, not wanting to eat anything. I
contacted our vet, and he could not see her, so he suggested 4 different
eme...
Hard working electricians.
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The Alaska summit the lead story on the news. There is an underlying tone
of 'the world we knew has gone' weariness which the BBC does it's best to
hide....
Le Château du Moulin
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According to another guidebook I have, Les Guides Illustrés (Hachette,
1924) the Château du Moulin was built between the years 1489 and 1502 by
Philippe du...
Absinthe makes the heart grow weaker.
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I was looking on 'Etsy' for *Absinthe* Glasses. I wanted to confirm that my
own collection were in fact actual Absinthe Glasses, and not just ordinary
w...
Baking Repost - Coffee & Walnuts
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Another post dredged out of the archive of my 2012 baking blog
No 42 - Coffee Walnut Biscuits
There is a jar of aging instant coffee taking up space on the...
Mauao
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This is an old photo from about 7 years ago when we lived in Tauranga. I
think this is a suburb called Bureta? With Mount Maunganui aka Mauao in the
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Leeks Growing In A Fym Filled Cut Down IBC Tank.
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I went out this hour to pick one of my Redina lettuces for a corned beef
toasty for our tea.
I noticed my leeks growing in a cut down IBC tank. They ...
WAIMAHANGA TRACK WALK
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Yesterday we had a lovely walk along the Waimahanga Track. The weather
was fine but chilly (not as cold as at the weekend). It was my first walk
for t...
The work begins
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this morning is do laundry,
deep clean kitchen ( including oven )
and how to bring this collection into a patchwork
obviously i need more blocks
th...
Books 9-12
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Out of Sight by Morgan James
Ainsley Layne is running from something—or someone. Sheriff Dare Jensen can
see it in the way she watches her surroundings,...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
The Dog Days Of Summer
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Dog Days defines a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant, or
marked by dull lack of progress. The name comes from the ancient belief
that Sir...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as
a woman of resilience and character.
She was born in 1922 and joined the thir...
Farewell My Friends
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After blogging for nearly six years, I have decided to retire. Blogging
filled an empty spot in my life after losing my husband, but that has
changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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*Do you want a break from politics and British summer weather? Read on...*
“Another mural? Are you pulling my leg?”
Colin was back last month to decor...
Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
Internal Garden Monologue
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...
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Nice in theory but will it ever happen?
ReplyDeleteFrauentag. Power to the lasses!
ReplyDeleteHappy international women’s day to all
ReplyDeleteIsn't it also St Meghan's day today????
ReplyDeleteAwareness that there is even such a day seems to be gathering force. I wonder how far the pandemic has set women back. Lots of things i read suggest that will be one of its side effects - disproportionate economic disadvantage to women.
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