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.
Another scandal.
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Amazingly I was on the side of Rachel Reeves after the recent revelations
about her house letting. It seemed to me that the fault lay entirely with
th...
Fall
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When I went to London recently I fell getting onto a tube on the Northern
Line going south .
I blame my dyspraxia, of course, as well as the fact that I wa...
R&R
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Before I could get into holiday mode I Friday ana day
watching YouTube. I think this was blippi. It’s hard to keep up. They had a
little robot on dancing...
Party night.
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More cloud around this morning. On the Old Course a group of a dozen or so
happy golfers are waiting impatiently to tee off. As we pass the starters
hut ...
Trick Or Treat
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We'll leave the light on for you.
" By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes,
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks ".
Shakespeare / Macb...
One vineyard picture a day
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I got my flu and Covid vaccinations yesterday afternoon. Then I had a
really bad night trying to get some sleep. Now my inflamed wrist is acting
up again. ...
MEETING A HAMILTON GIRLFRIEND
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*After living in Hamilton for five years, I am FINALLY having a meet up
with a long time Hamilton girlfriend for lunch. I am really looking forward
to...
Greymouth Street Races
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Greymouth Street Races is normally an annual event in town that happens
every October over Labour Weekend, which has just gone by. I watched the
road ...
Road trip!......
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Ha ha ~ Demitri was rubbing his face into the pillows, and now he looks
like a wookie. :-)
We first visited St Katherine's Greek Orthodox church in C...
Porcine
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These are, I believe, piggy footprints. Photographed in a muddy patch of
track just seaward of our tiny ranch.
At about the time I was photographing thes...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
A Month's Recycling.
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A car full of dog food cans, packaging and glass bottles.
Number 2 son visited down here in his new to him 7 seater car and suggested
I might want to ...
Yom Kippur
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The coverage of the murder of Jews in the synagogue in Manchester today,
on Yom Kippur on Sky News is a bit surprising to me.
They've been talking about...
Time Flies!
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This is what was on our lawn yesterday morning when we got up!!
This was all arranged by our GD Kelsey and her mom, our DIL Rhonda. It was
all set up b...
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 ...
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.
ReplyDeleteGo Girl! :))
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