Those who have been following my recent posts will know I've been working on losing weight for a couple of months. I just asked Alexa (other smart speakers are available) for dance music in a bid to work off a cheese muffin (I did mention my approach to dieting was haphazard, didn't I?) The first … Continue reading Dance It Off
Category: ramblings
Losing It
Weight, that is. Like many of us, I have fought a lifetime battle with my weight. It's mostly been a rearguard action. I suspect early attempts to lose weight set up my metabolism at a developmental age to fight back. I did at least learn from that. My youngest child at the age of twelve … Continue reading Losing It
Changing My Perceptions
Today I read Sally Cronin’s Smorgasbord post about the late Sue Vincent and Mary Smith. Both are bloggers I followed. Sally's post includes a brief biography of each, which left me wondering how those of us who scribble away from a contained life in (relatively) comfortable circumstances can aspire to emulate writers with so much … Continue reading Changing My Perceptions
Never-Ending Video Ads
What is it with those advertising videos that go on and on and on and on and on... Photo by Photography Maghradze PH on Pexels.com Have you ever clicked on a video presentation for something that looked vaguely interesting and wondered when it was going to get to the point? The videos I'm talking about … Continue reading Never-Ending Video Ads
Naming Names
What do you call your SatNav? When my husband ignores our SatNav's command, I warn him that Jane will be annoyed with him (although these days she doesn't tell him to 'Turn around when possible' as often as she once did). Actually, the voice we now have installed is no longer Jane's. Her replacement is … Continue reading Naming Names
Coal Fired
Recent shenanigins with our heating system have brought to mind the 'three day week' of the 1970s in the UK and their scheduled power cuts. Our family home was Edwardian and still had fireplaces to almost every room, which we utilised to the full – downstairs at least. Emptying the ashes and cleaning out the … Continue reading Coal Fired
#Bloganuary: The Last Post
The tail end of #Bloganuary from a writer who can't be bothered to blog daily. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com 29th Jan: How are you changing the world? Who? Me? I'll pass at this one. . . Although I have been thanked (in retirement) by a couple of people I used to line manage for … Continue reading #Bloganuary: The Last Post
A Cheat’s #Bloganuary (week 2)
Continuing with my cheat’s version of Bloganuary in a weekly post. Photo by Burst on Pexels.com I don’t aspire to blog daily, but I’m looking over the week’s Bloganuary prompts to pick-and-choose the ones I can think of something to blog about. ### 8th Jan: What do you like most about your writing? I would … Continue reading A Cheat’s #Bloganuary (week 2)
#Bloganuary (somewhat late).
To galvanise me into action, I’m taking up the WordPress Bloganuary challenge but with a proviso. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Since... a) I came to this challenge late, b) I don’t aspire to blog daily, c) I have other things to do... I’ll be looking over the week’s prompts and only rambling on about … Continue reading #Bloganuary (somewhat late).
When you’ve nothing to say…
I am in awe of bloggers who find things to blog about daily. I struggle to find material to write about weekly, and I fear my thinking cap went for recycling along with the Christmas wrapping. My usual advice-to-self when I've nothing worth saying is to not say anything at all. However, with Christmas cake … Continue reading When you’ve nothing to say…
Writing Wrinkles 