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One Word With Mixed Meaning For 2012: My Daily Five
For the last few years I have chosen a word at the beginning of January designed to keep me honest and on track with my goals. I’m honest by nature so that wasn’t very challenging on it’s own and when...
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Smoke And Fire – Letting Go And Staying Open
A few days ago I wrote a piece called ‘ Up In Smoke ‘ if you missed it, take a minute and go back for a quick read through. What follows will make more sense if you do. Now that you’ve caught up, take...
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The Cat, The Turkey Neck, & A Change In My Direction
Alfie, is a neighbor’s cat who comes over almost daily to have his ears scratched and to see what food he can scrounge. At Christmas he found his way up to the temporary bird table John built to feed...
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Ditching A Plan That No Longer Works
How many times have you made a decision and after investing time and serious money to support your plans, later changed your mind? Did you let go and move on with ease or was it a struggle? I’ve been...
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Defining Moments – Giving Up The Gold
Defining Moments Having found a box and bought packing supplies, I found it slightly ironic that when I began to pack up most of my photography equipment to send off to sell, ‘Defining Moments,’ were...
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Bookend Love – Walton & Wylly
Wylly and Walton were brother and sister, they were also my great-aunt and my maternal grandfather. Wylly, christened William Michael, was two years older than her brother Walton. Linked by more than...
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Pillow Talk
You wouldn’t believe what I went through to find these little darlings. I’ve been searching for months and it was not without some amusing misunderstandings along the way. John had no idea why I kept...
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Kitchen Renovation Week 2 – Is that Dust In My Soup?
I have to be really honest with you. Aside from emptying some cabinets of their contents, taking a few pictures and helping with the design decisions, I haven’t done any of the real work involved in...
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Speedy Evie Fairman Carries The Torch For The 2012 London Olympics
Evie Fairman, London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer with her proud Mom There are times when I’m fortunate to be standing in just the right place to see and capture a moment that touches my heart. On Saturday...
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Where Do Broken Blogs Go … Can They Find Their Way Home?
If I said I had been kidnapped by a monster to explain my lack of posting here over the last two weeks, it would not be far off from the truth. I took this photo at Eden Project over four years ago...
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Kitchen Renovation x Three
When my husband John bought our home seven years ago, two years before meeting me, he chose it thinking he would do a bit of renovation and sell it as he had all the houses before. He enjoys...
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Time Of Death – Reading The Obits & Waiting
I dreamed my mother showed up last night. She looked ten years younger than when I last saw her in 1994 and she came with a message. She breezed into the room where I was sitting as casually as if...
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Birthday Surprises!
John Winchurch (Painted by Lauren Finley) You probably already know this about me, but if you don’t I’ll say it now. Sentimental and Mushy I am a seriously sentimental mush and my gift giving behavior...
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Presidential Elections & The Expat Vote
After dropping my absentee ballot into the post box in the photo above, I thought of how many times I’ve enjoyed the privilege of voting in a Presidential election. At 52, I’ve seen my choice for...
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Approved … For British Citizenship!
Sometimes there can be no shortcuts when you’re working towards a goal especially when others have the final say. All you can do is put your head down and slog on and hope it will go your way....
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UK Immigration & My British Citizenship Ceremony – One American’s Experience
Receiving My British Citizenship Certificate From Deputy Lord-Lieutenant, Peter Davies A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in. And how many want out. ~ Tony Blair...
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Synchronicity, Dates … And My British Passport
When a day begins with a sunrise this gorgeous it may be reasonable to assume that something special is going to happen. Five years ago today I sent the email below. On 2008-01-07 at 04:19:19,...
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A Castle For Your Dreams
13th Century – Restormel Castle, Cornwall, England Hundreds of years ago someone imagined a life on hillside overlooking the River Fowey. Not content with the natural height provided, they scooped up...
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Leaving Cornwall – Moving On
” How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if we...
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Mac vs PC – The Computer Cold War In Our Home
Mac vs PC I would be lying if I told you there was any really real frostiness in our home over the Mac versus PC issue, but my husband John and I certainly have different opinions on Apple computers....
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