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.
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Last week Ana was playing with her aunts doll.
Yup this baby has been here for years!
Annie undressed it and wanted a nappy for her.
I think she origi...
The year turning.
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We started off the week knowing nothing about Charlamagne Tha God and
Sydney Sweeney. How quickly we learn. I'm still not sure why either
justifies being...
The smallest of the Loire Valley châteaux
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A 30-minute drive north of Saint-Aignan, and much closer to the famous
Château de Cheverny, stands a building that the Cadogan guidebook for the
Loire Vall...
K -K -K -Katie
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My youngest son was at school with the lovely Katie (below), but not in the
same 'stream'. He didn't really have much to do with her, even though they
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Smile them to death…
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Scully and I went out in the van on both Tuesday AND Wednesday this week.
On Tuesday I scored a very favorable arrangement with a local landowner to
cle...
THURSDAY IN AUSTRALIA
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*I totally forgot to show you the cabinet we bought for the corner in the
bathroom.*
*Stew got to put it in place, as clearly I'm not home right now.*...
Walking
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We have been fortunate enough this Winter to have had mostly sunny cold
days. The highs in temperature during the day have been around 14 degres
celsi...
Temen Oblak - "Dark Clouds"
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Sometimes as a nurse, you are lucky enough to work with a sister wiho has
compassion and sense.
On intensive care , two decades ago, I worked with such a ...
More Carboot Sale Treasure.
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We were not happy bunnies after our poor plant sales on Saturday. But we
still decided to go car booting.
One needs Womble retail therapy.
Here's som...
SIXTY YEARS
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It is sixty years since I arrived in Auckland. I was working in
Knightsbridge and after talking to someone who was emigrating I booked my
passage. Did...
The Final Chapter!
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Continuing on from the last installment!
April 29th I had to go in for a review of the tests I had had so far. I
saw a different Internal Medicine do...
August Days
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" The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the
live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in
its...
August 1, 2025 (gardens and a birding app)
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It's a new month and lots has been accomplished. I also have a free app
that I'm enjoying right now, and if you are a bird lover/enthusiast, you
will lo...
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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