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Mac vs PC – The Computer Cold War In Our Home
Mac vs PC I would be lying if I told you there was any really real frostiness in our home over the Mac versus PC issue, but my husband John and I certainly have different opinions on Apple computers....
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My Magpie Fall Into Winter
See what happens when you leave things untended for too long, you come back to find mushrooms sprouting everywhere. Seriously, my spam folder is full of little gems and none so nice as these lovelies...
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Temple Church In Cornwall, A Place Of Refuge And Worship
Two weeks ago I attended a candlelight Christmas carol service in a place where there has been a church since c.1120. Temple Church began as place of refuge for pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem when...
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A Lot Can Happen In Five Years
This photograph was taken a few minutes before John and I married five years ago today and despite all that is happening in the background, it remains one of my favorites. I use to moan about the car,...
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A Romantic Story For Valentine’s Day
Written by Edward Lear and translated by Francis Steegmuller In 1975 my great-aunt, Wylly Folk St John sent me this book in a birthday gift box for my fifteenth birthday. She always sent the best...
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Things To Know Before You Go – Expat Tips From American In England
About a week ago I was approached by HiFX who asked me to submit a tip to their new expat tip page. Submitting my tip made me realize that I have loads of quality advice for those thinking about a...
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When The Rocky Road Brings You Laughter
When my daughter was fifteen we took a mother-daughter trip to Colorado to take part in an Outward Bound wilderness experience with some other parent/child combinations. We quickly made new friends...
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It’s Alive … Honoring The Gardener
I have never been much of a gardener although I’ve purchased more than few books over the years on designing, building, and maintaining an outdoor space, and I can certainly perform the routine...
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Going Bare To Raise Money For Breast Cancer Awareness & Research
When I noticed some of my friends were raising money and awareness for breast cancer research on Facebook this morning by posting makeup free selfies, I had a little moan to my husband about how much...
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Catching Your Death
During my teen years I was always being told to put on a coat because like most young people, I almost never wore one when I was going out. No amount of wheedling or the many times I heard, ” You’ll...
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Home or Away – Where Are You Going?
When I first met my husband on a UK dating site, my contact name, ‘ Reaching for Skye’ was something John thought was funny since he was living 800 miles away in Cornwall, England. With his second...
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Sleeping For England Or Taking A Break?
I would not want you to think that I have been sleeping my life away during my absence from my blog, but the last year or so has certainly been one with major blank spaces with regard to blogging,...
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Lisa Taylor Huff – A Bold Soul
Before I decided to begin a blog of my own, I spent several years following the blogs of others. One of the very first had a snappy title and a focus that appealed to me and I was hooked from the...
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What Do You Do When The Lights Go Out?
With our dinner only half-cooked last night, the power suddenly went off and we had to make do. Having a gas range made it easy to finish cooking most of our meal, leaving the frozen garlic bread the...
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Choosing A Front Door Color And What It Says About You
Just so you don’t think this blog is all me having big moan since my return, let me show you one of the projects John got up to while I was in the US for eight weeks. We’ve had a piece of stained...
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To Normandy And Back – Sgt.Hugh Lee Stephens & Me
Some blog posts are harder to write than others as my drafts folder would illustrate if you were able to poke around in my unfinished business, but this story is one I’ve wanted to share since last...
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Noting Time – 29 Years of 8:03
Facebook tells me that today is my daughter’s birthday as if I could ever forget. 8:03 It’s been 29 years since I heard a chorus of voices saying “8:03″ almost in unison. Throughly exhausted by a 52...
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Darkness Into Light
When a blogger disappears if you’ve been reading them for any length of time you notice when they’re gone especially if they just drop out of sight without warning. But when it happens slowly over...
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Mile Marker 30
A few months before my daughter turned 16 we went on a trip that taught me a lot about Miranda and what she was capable of on her own. I will add that I learned a few things about myself as well. I...
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The Gifts Of Time And Love
Ten birthdays together hardly seems possible yet here we are. It was a photo much like this one taken recently that made me take a second look almost ten years ago when John’s profile showed up in...
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