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- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
The 2 Rs
Some 775 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults are still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 60.7...
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- Aug 30, 2018
- 1 min
I’ll do it tomorrow
Procrastination is something that stops a lot of people doing what they really need to do. It is easy to say I will do this... I will do...
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- Aug 23, 2018
- 1 min
Speak kind words
Saturday 25th August is Speak Kind Words Saturday. A day to choose your words carefully, not to offend and discourage. As you have...
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- Aug 16, 2018
- 1 min
Ball and chain???
The 17th August 2002 was the day that my life changed, ahem, for the better. I got married to a man who has been my rock and makes me...
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- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Lazy days are here again!
Friday 10th August is National Lazy Day: well, during this heat, for me it has been several lazy days. Doing nothing but relaxing,...
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- Aug 2, 2018
- 2 min
Is it hot enough for you?
Well, lots of temperature records have been broken these past few weeks. Windows in offices, homes and various other places have been...
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- Jul 26, 2018
- 1 min
BFF
Monday 30th July is International Day of Friendship. I have many international friendships but there are a few that I cherish immensely....
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- Jul 18, 2018
- 2 min
The next chapter
The little, big man has his last day at his primary school and will be off to pastures unknown in September. He seems to have enjoyed his...
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- Jul 12, 2018
- 1 min
Hug me
On the 16th of July all children should be given extra special hugs, as it is Global Hug Your Kid Day. My little, big man thinks that it...
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- Jul 5, 2018
- 1 min
Kiss me quick!
The 6th July is International Kissing Day. A day to kiss the one you love as often as you like, using today as an excuse to do so. Many...
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- Jun 27, 2018
- 1 min
Game, set and match
Wimbledon will begin on the 2nd July and finish on the 15th July. There may be some competition in some households on who will be...
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- Jun 21, 2018
- 1 min
Remember the time?
On the 25th June, it will be nine years since Michael Jackson died. I remember hearing about his death and not believing it was real. How...
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- Jun 14, 2018
- 1 min
Goal!!!
For the next month, several games of football will be played and lost. Lot of fans and players will be crying over their team’s...
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- Jun 7, 2018
- 1 min
National best friend day
Friday 8th June is National BFF Day. A day to celebrate those whose ears we have chewed off, shoulders we have soaked with our tears,...
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- May 31, 2018
- 2 min
Happy parenting day!
On September 17th 2012, the UN General Assembly decided that Global Day of Parents would be held on June 1st each year. This day was made...
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- May 24, 2018
- 1 min
Don’t bank on it 2
Another bank holiday on Monday 28th May and the beginning of the school half term holiday for many. This bank holiday started as the...
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- May 17, 2018
- 1 min
Windsor or Wembley?
Saturday 19th May is a good day for a royalist or football fan. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will become husband and wife, a wedding...
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- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
It is good to talk
Monday 14th to Sunday 20th May, is mental health awareness week – with the focus being on stress and how people are coping with it. I try...
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- May 3, 2018
- 1 min
Don’t bank on it
Monday is the first of two bank holidays in May. Some people would already have been setting off for a long weekend, hoping that the...
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