Thought Provoking
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Yes, I know it’s a little strange but go with me here!
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As a little girl schoolwork made sense to me so quickly that I didn’t want to work hard at it. Instead I read grown up books, did tomboy stuff, and fought with boys if they called me “just a girl”. My mother thought I could make something of my life if only I studied a…
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It was around 1am when I found out he had passed away. We called him Rector. Well, more precisely, Rector Sir. He was a Doctor in the city where I grew up. Among other things he had set up a local hospital, and a school. Our school.
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There was whining in my head when I woke up this evening. It sounded a bit like this… “It’s Friday night FFS! Everyone’s winding down. But I’m headed to work through the weekend in addition to a full-on week.” And after that… “People sleep at night whilst I head to work. Again! It’s not normal.”…
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I’ve often seen people who love work being lambasted, as if nothing else is important to them. We need to look again. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m interested in everything. Everything! So, naturally I get distr…. Ooh what’s that? Yes, I get distracted easily. But, we’ve covered that already. It’s one of the many…
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John saw fun. I saw frivolous. John saw a good grip & fun to use. Me? Cumbersome & unnecessary. I prefer function over form; John prefers both with a fondness for form. Give me a solid metal peeler any day! I was about to articulate my annoyance as he beamed about this purchase when something occurred to…
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Our friend arrived early today with his little girls. It’s been a hideous year for them & we wanted to spend a wonderful Christmas Day together. The girls were bursting with excitement! Their Dad had presents from Santa; only to be opened once they got to ours! They descended on the wrapping as we said our…
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It was one of those cold autumn afternoons some weeks ago. We were sitting around an open fire; book in hand, lost in the narrative: Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? Yeah, sounds fabulous, feels: bloomin’ freezin’! Yep, we’d turned off the heating to save money and here we were sitting outside burning wood and paper! As I was about…
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Meet Joy Jar: A tradition we kickstarted to cope with the extremes of 2013. By mid-year we had already experienced a couple of fantastic highs and an awful lot of terrifying lows. So, we started to fill up this old sweetie jar with mementos of whatever made us happy this year – from Suravi’s first…
The Chatterjee-Woolmans 