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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...

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...

Saturday 25th August is Speak Kind Words Saturday. A day to choose your words carefully, not to offend and discourage. As you have...

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...

Friday 10th August is National Lazy Day: well, during this heat, for me it has been several lazy days. Doing nothing but relaxing,...

Well, lots of temperature records have been broken these past few weeks. Windows in offices, homes and various other places have been...

Monday 30th July is International Day of Friendship. I have many international friendships but there are a few that I cherish immensely....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Another bank holiday on Monday 28th May and the beginning of the school half term holiday for many. This bank holiday started as the...

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...

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...

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...

On the 21st April 2017, I gave ‘birth’ to and took a big leap and jumped into the world wide web called Angelicapoems. It had been a...