I have a confession: I am an extravert. Let me paint you a picture of a typical dinner with friends at our house. My introvert husband gets the dinner ready. I say, ‘Now, don’t just stay silent the whole time like you usually do, you need to make an effort.’ Jon reluctantly acquiesces. Then the […]
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Halfway here
3rd August, 2012 12
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time, joining with Lisa-Jo Baker. She gives us 1 word, we write for 5 minutes flat – no backtracking or editing, throwing caution to the wind. Check out others’ five-minute offerings by clicking on the button below. This is my best five minutes on ‘Here’. I lie on the sofa, reading […]
Life is for telling
26th July, 2012 38
In my last post I told you about my holiday. While I was on holiday, I took many photos. I love taking photos. Jon is not so enthusiastic about my photography. He likes the end results but not so much the process. It leads to photos like this: (I know I look like a wraith […]
Speed date
25th May, 2012 18
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time! It’s inspired by Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama. The idea is that you write for five minutes flat on a topic, without worrying about whether it’s right or not. It’s kinda fun! Check out others’ interesting 5-minute posts on the topic by clicking on the button below. This is […]
Flowers and Tears and Mothers’ Day
21st March, 2012 31
It was Saturday, the evening before Mothering Sunday and I was chatting to my husband as we ate dinner. We were discussing the Mothers’ Day tradition of handing out posies of flowers to all women at church. “I really don’t think it’s a good idea,” I explained. “I worry that the positives about giving flowers […]
Finding a voice
2nd February, 2012 12
What three adjectives would you use to describe you?
