Category: fun and games
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NoWorries…
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When I was told that I wasn’t fit enough for surgery, I didn’t know what to think. When I got over the shock, my first thought was, I can get fit, no problem. I just have to exercise more. I ended up fretting about this so much that the more I searched for a way…
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A Little Joy…
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I needed some light relief this morning, so what could be better than a happy, joyous moment from last Summer? Two adventurous magpies, playing among my bonsai… I hope they come back this year! Love Jaye 💖💖
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The Mysterious Nature of Coincidences
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We are coming across more and more coincidences in our family lately. You know the ones I mean, where you have just been discussing something, when literally minutes later, someone will mention this same thing on the programme we are watching. Sometimes, the subject matter is so unusual, you can’t help wondering if something else…
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Remembering another New Year…
Big Ben has always been a very special symbol in my life. I grew up in London, and the deep resonant tones of the bell and the imposing majesty of the building are one of the most enduring memories of my time there.London has many such landmarks and I love them all, but that tall…
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A New Dawning…
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Something very strange has been going on around here… We have been having some lovely sunrises lately, probably because the temperature has dropped alarmingly. Something has been rising in me, too, and it is so very welcome. I have been doing quite a lot of thinking too, something I didn’t expect. Being in constant pain…
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The Long Awaited day…
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I wasn’t quite sure how I felt when I woke up on Friday morning, so it was a very confused woman who staggered to the car. For days, I had been fighting a feeling of vague disappointment, so sure that this long-awaited appointment would be a waste of time, like so many before. (It usually…
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I Wish… #Poetry
The river knows its way homeThe bee knows how to make honeyAs I walk towards the river, a bee stung my armInstantly, I wanted to give the bee his sting backI wanted to take back every angry word I had spokenand shoot them into spaceMost of all, I want to return the bee sting Unfortunately,…
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A present from the birds…
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Someone asked me the other day how many bonsai did I have in my collection, and if I had a favourite. A question I found hard to answer. I wondered why I found it hard, I mean, counting them was easy, I had twenty trees in my collection. Whether one of them was my favourite…