Update:
The “Swimathon” swimming training for Marie Curie Nursing is coming along.
I have been doing 50 lengths at a time for training sessions. My husband lent me his wrist stop watch but that was hopeless as without my glasses I couldn’t see the figures, but I’m doing 50 lengths in about 26-7 minutes at the moment. It’s only a couple of weeks to go now.
Currently I am reading ‘Wolf Hall’ and it’s the hardback version (Christmas pressie) so quite cumbersome to read. In more than one way, I’m finding. I’m about a third of the way through and there’s something very satisfying about closing the book on a bookmark and looking at how much I’ve read. Continue reading “Bookmarks”
Not prone to purchases on the spur of the moment, nor to extravagances generally, I rather surprised myself a couple of weekends ago (on my re-union weekend) when I bought a handbag (egged on by ‘the girls’ ) in about 5 minutes flat, and without even looking around first. Continue reading “A Handbag? (one for ‘the girls’)”
Good Evening the answers are garden flowers, wild flowers or shrubs:
1. Bite of a mythical beast is this one’s common name (11)
2. Rose of Sharon by another name to lift your spirits (2 5 4)
3. Sounds a bit like a writer on a stalk (9)
4. We follow reptile (6)
5. Ticker’s rest (10)
6. Smart feline (9).
ON A KOREAN KITCHEN KNIFE:
Warning keep out of children.
ON A HAIR DRYER:
Do not use while sleeping.
ON A BAG OF FRITOS:
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
ON A BAR OF DIAL SOAP: Continue reading “Instructions”
Thinking about the idea of thought activated light bulbs, would they come on when you have a bright idea?
I have just been looking back at old posts on ‘another site’. All comments gone. Can you fill them back in please?
I always thought of myself as a bit of an optimist. I always try to see the positive in people. If there is a difficult situation I try and find a positive solution.
“Everything will be all right” could be said to be my motto.
But I think I’m changing as I get older. (Am I changing into a grumpy old woman?)
I’ll give an example.
We were running late. I hate being late. (Another oft repeated phrase.)
“It’s OK,” said the Cyclomaniac. “We have nearly an hour before we need to get there…”
I looked at my watch,
“Only just over three quarters of an hour,” I said. “We are going to be late.”
Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full type of person? And does it change with age?
It was thirty years since we met one Sunday afternoon, in a rather stark nurses’ home, where we lived at the start of our training. We were part of a set of 60. (Other ‘sets’ also lived in the home, including the ‘God-Squad.’) No men and no male visitors were permitted in the rooms after a certain time. We had a night porter and a home matron. We had to be adults on the wards and were treated like children in the home. Continue reading “Reunion”
No Hockey Today
1970’s KGH
Across the sports-hall floor
in aertex blue shirts
short, navy gym-skirts
and sugar bag pants
all girls together, we dance.
We change from Scottish Reel and dozy doe
to Waltzing and quick- quick- slow
us tall girls reluctant as men
holding our partner just ‘so’
giggling and treading on their toes.
Pull yourselves together, girls, says Mrs G
or it’s hockey on the top field-
the snow won’t bother me.
Clare has expressed a wish for a creative writing section on this site.
I can see there are categories for bad poetry, poetry,stories and short stories to the right as I write this. Maybe that’s all that’s needed?
Or do we need a blog or two to represent the poets and the prosers?
Anyone else interested?
I could investigate starting up a ‘Poets Cornered’ type character (New name would be needed) and maybe we could have a separate one for ‘Purple Prosers’?
Ideas please.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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