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.
MID WEEK HUMP
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*It rained a lot yesterday... and it's not looking that promising today.*
*I am not sure a walk is on the cards this morning, unless Lacy doesn't
mind...
Zombie face
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The injection into my eye went slightly wrong
Bless her, the nurse knew I was phobic and jumped when I felt some pain
Fucking hell
What else can go wr...
GOTCHA!
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The Far Right football fans of No 10 Downing Street, have being showing
their true colours, and have placed their enigmatic flags over the windows
to we...
Winter days
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Slow cooker going
Some yummies in the oven
And washing. Finishing the drying process inside
And of course the fire.
I’m not sure if this ...
Retained warmth.
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The village is home to a number of 30 something academics who make the
daily five minute commute into town. Holiday house swapping is a big thing
with ...
Fruits de la saison
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Little plums, dark red on the outside and yellow inside
Green grapes — Sauvignon Blanc I think
Blackberries, called *mΓ»res* in French; I wish they were pl...
Baking Repost - Mum's Birthday
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Today would have been my mother's birthday, so to honour her memory I am
reposting this 2012 post of her bacon and egg pie - a firm favorite with
the who...
Rowi
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At Franz Josef along the main street is this sculpture with a kiwi sitting
at the top on an egg. The plaque says:
This Rowi sculpture commemorates the...
It's Buddleia And Butterflies Time.
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When I moved to Ireland twenty four years this week. I brought a wheelie
bin full of perennials and shrubs that I had propagated myself by division
and...
PHOTO SHOOT
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It is three weeks since we had the photo shoot. Have just got the photos.
We got 27 after they had been checked first by granddaughter. I must say
the...
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...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
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It's July!
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It is now the second day of July and we've had some lovely hot days as
well as some big rains. This year I planted my vegetable garden in rows,
instead ...
Books 4-8
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
At the outset of the Cold War, in the ruins of postwar Europe, rookie CIA
Agent Tyler Wolf must navigate a precarious partners...
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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