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.
VISITORS AND THE GARDEN
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Last week we had visitors, a cousin from the U.K. and his wife. Last time
they visited was about 28 years ago when they came with their toddler
daughte...
IT IS AS CROOKED AT F*#k
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*I'm not exactly happy. Last night I trimmed that runner, and put it's
sashings on. And OMG it is as crooked as all got out.*
*I am probably gunna h...
An opinion .
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" It's a strange combination : intelligence without knowledge ". The
former Prime Minister of Eire has published a book 'Speaking my mind' about
his ti...
2026 N.C. snow report
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My home town, Morehead City in North Carolina, has a foot or more of snow
on the ground this morning. My sister lives just two or three miles from
the loca...
News for the Elderly
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The elderly have always been the butt of Jokes, and ridicule; and often
rightly so. Most of us are doddery old fools (not me, of course).
Here is Griff Rh...
Busy day out
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this morning I set the alarm to 6.30.
This gave me enough time to get things done and to get ready to leave the
house
First stop was meeting the girl...
Chuckle
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January has left with a bit of whimper and for me it’s been good riddance
to bad rubbish.
I still feel lethargic and a little *“ out of sorts” *but already ...
Walked My Legs Off
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Scully here - school holidays have crimped our routine but I try to remind
F every day that walking is the best thing to do in all the world.
Most days I...
Wintering
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I'm beginning to get cabin fever, and just as slightly warmer temperatures
arrive, an entire new weather system is headed our way.
More snow, and sadly c...
The silence before what?
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I'm scared. It's coming in waves. It's been a few weeks or more, and every
headline is even scarier. We're like puppets on a string, dependent on the
de...
It's a bit COLD
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I thought I would quickly pop back here for an update. We are having
another good old fashioned winter again. LOTS of snow in "southwestern
Ontario" wit...
From the 50s to the 20s......
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This photo is from a party my friend held at her beautiful home ~ we all
knew each other from work. Not long that after this party she and her
husban...
Nameless Cat update
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Hubby came in from his daily morning adventures with some news about 'the
cat.'
Sadly, it wasn't good news.
His lifeless body had been placed at our m...
Books 25-30
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Let Her Go by Willow Rose
A missing five-year-old girl is the key to unlocking a detective’s
terrifying past…
When Detective Billie Ann Wilde receives ...
Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
I've been stopping to take photos of some of the shop window decorations.
It'...
A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
folk singer Sandy Denny once sang:
"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
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...
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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