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A Vigorous & Colourful Personality : a Blog for Mothering Sunday

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Sheila N

Hi Mom, It’s that time, again, Mothering Sunday. Mother’s Day, in American, though the latter is in May, not March. I remember how I used to buy a card for you, in March, then post it in time for Mother’s … Continue reading →

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A Child’s 1960s Christmas in Suburbia

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Sheila N

It begins with a tree: enormous even when I was a small – in every sense – child. It was huge still when I was an only slightly taller adolescent, and we lived in a much bigger house. Mom was … Continue reading →

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Channeling my Inner Hippy: a Poetic Blog

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Sheila N

“If thou wilt not fight thy battle of life because in selfishness thou art afraid of the battle, thy resolution is in vain: nature will compel thee.” – The Bhagavad-Gita The sort of exhaustion that comes with multiple night shifts … Continue reading →

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Think of a Beatles Tune: a Poetic Blog

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Sheila N

Age, like that bus you so desperately needed to catch, just doesn’t hang about. So much love poetry, so little time. And so few celebrating when the hands which hold are both wrinkled, and have age spots, and not tattoos. … Continue reading →

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“A Bread-and-Butter Town”: Yorkshire Day

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Sheila N

“Tha can always tell a Yorkshireman, but tha can’t tell him much.” – Anon. Warnings for: unashamed flag waving, and patriotism of the adopted-county-kind Today is Yorkshire Day: 1 August. It’s a date which is also significant to me, as … Continue reading →

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