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Category Archives: Humour
Who Would Want to Teach a Child This Nursery Rhyme?
When my youngest son was two, he could recite every nursery rhyme I knew. So, I visited my local library to find some new ones I could teach him. Although I did find a few more that were suitable, my … Continue reading
Posted in #Love, Blog, Family, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged children, Humour, learning, Nursery rhymes, teaching, unsuitable verse, woodpecker's hole, wrong interpretation of words
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A Great Compliment? No, it’s a Put-down
We always had great fun with our oldest granddaughter when she was little. Her mum went back to work when she was six months old and we looked after her two days a week from 7.30am until 5.30pm. We … Continue reading
This ‘English’ Language is not used in England!
Most indie authors, especially the ones at the beginning of their journey, will have received criticism from other writers or editors about their work. It happened to me too.Some writers get really annoyed about it while others will see the … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Blog, Books, Humour, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged American, Australian English, British English, Different meanings, English, English Language, Odd words, Seeking knowledge
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The Day I Met The Other Me.
Happily browsing in a particularly long, narrow aisle of a clothing store, I was concentrating on the display of numerous tops and blouses. Carefully examining each one, I got about halfway down the racks when my path was blocked by … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged browsing, crazy things, dancing in the aisles, Humour, Laughing, new tops to wear, Nice woman, reflections, Shopping, Silly things we do
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Wish I was an expert!
Apart from being a master at nothing, the worst thing about being an all-rounder is there is so much you want to do and not enough time to do it in. Wish there were more hours in the day! I … Continue reading
Middle-Age Musings
The years described as ‘middle age’ are arbitrary, but commonly believed to occur later now than one hundred years ago. The middle years occupy about one-third of our life cycle, and can last between twenty and thirty years. For the … Continue reading
Author’s Dilemma
Author’s Dilemma In Appreciation of My Blogging Friends Oh! What am I doing? I swore I never would Broadcast my whole life in sight of every hood. “You’ll be taking a risk,” So everybody said. “They’ll know about you,” They’re … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Humour, Life, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Appreciation, Authors, Bloggers, Broadcasting your Life, Danger, Fun, Likes, Poetry, Promoting books, Psychological thriller, Reblogs, Risk, support, writing
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Judy Martin: This Just About Sums Me up!
I absolutely loved this poem by Judy Martin of It reminds me of the funny poems of Pam Ayres This Just About Sums Me Up! Oh how I wish I was graceful and not a disaster on wheels I trip … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged awkward, bumbling, Clumsy, dropping, elegant, funny poem, graceful, poise, tripping
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Duke, my own “Boy and his dog” story
Written by Doug Lafuze, my writing partner from our soon to be published collaborated book, ‘Your Last Breath’.
Posted in Humour, Life, Uncategorized
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Mum, Dad, I Missed You Both Today
Mum, Dad, I Missed You Both Today We were caring for you for more than twenty years, but what went on in those last few years? I feel as though we lost touch with the people you were. We were so … Continue reading
Posted in #Love, Blog, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged Caring, Holidays, Meals-on-Wheels, Missing You, Old age, Personal Accidents, Repairing Things, Shopping, The Way we Were, Wheelchair
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My ‘Tour Through Blogland’ Article
As promised in my last post, and to fulfill the rules of the blog tour, here is my article. Middle Age Musings The years described as ‘middle age’ are arbitrary, but commonly believed to occur later now than one … Continue reading
Posted in #Love, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged #Middle Age, #Stress, Award, Babies, children, Elderly Parents, Family Drama, Family Life, Hobbies, Hope, Laughter, Lifestyle, Old age
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Why I’m Called Gold
My husband often calls me Gold. When I asked him why, he said it’s better than AU.
Posted in #Love, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged #Happy Marriage, #Love, Affection, Daily Life, Gold, Hey You, Pet Names, Spouse
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To Percy (PC), Love from Meg Abyte
Sorting through some of my papers, I came across a printed copy of an old email; it was to my youngest son, Brian, who’d left home to attend university. We used to address our emails as if it was our computers … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged Computers with Minds of their Own, email, From Mother to Son, Mediterranean Sea Urchins, PC, Son, Spellcheck
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Does This Sound Familiar?
I couldn’t resist reblogging this from
Posted in Humour, Uncategorized
Tagged #Bloggers, Blogging, Cartoon, Fun, Humour, Lifestyle
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Crossed Wires – and the Things People Say
Years ago, shortly after my youngest son went to university, I was telling a neighbour about his achievement. “Oh! I’ve heard of that. Univer City. It’s in America isn’t it? Even now, when I’m writing the word, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Uncategorized
Tagged #Promoting Poets, Family, Family Life, Funny Things, Humour, Lifestyle, Neighbours, Sons, Spelling, Things People Do, Things People Say, University
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Eye-Say, Have You Seen Eye-Do?
My acrylic painting called ‘Eye See’ always makes me smile, especially when I turn it around and It then becomes ”Eye Do’. It looks like two people in old-fashioned swimming costumes. Above is the original acrylic painting. I … Continue reading
Just A Housewife
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Posted in Art, Humour, Original Paintings, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Artists, Authors, busy mums, Elderly Parents, Family Life, Housewife, Original Painting, Poets
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The End of The World
I loved this; it made me giggle, so I reblogged. The End of The World.
Posted in Humour, Uncategorized
Tagged #Mobile Phones, #People Watching, Karma, Overheard Conversations, Teenagers
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The ‘Written Acts of Kindness Award’
The ‘Written Acts of Kindness Award’ My second nomination for this award goes to the lovely, warm hearted blogger known as Edwinasepisodes. This lady is so modest she doesn’t reveal her full name on her website http://edwinasepisodes.com , but she is not shy … Continue reading →