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  • World Book Night

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] When I heard about World Book Night I was very excited and signed up, crossing fingers, toes, eyes and anything else I could that I would be chosen. When I got the email telling me I was to be allotted 48 copies of Dissolution by C J Sansom, one of my favourite…

  • KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I know I’m a day late but this post is to belatedly wish Dr. Seuss a Happy Birthday and to say a heartfelt thanks for writing my Most Favourite Book In The World Ever. Yes, dear reader, in this instance those capitals are necessary. What book am I talking about? Why, “Oh,…

  • Snowdrops

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The snowdrops are out. When I was a baby my dad called me snowdrop: I was a spring baby and  the name of my mum’s ward in the maternity hospital was the Snowdrop Ward. My dad would have been 84 on the 17th of this month. Happy Birthday, Dad. [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com]

  • Losing My Religion

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I was awoken at 5:30 am on the morning my father died from lung cancer. My mother had come into my room screaming, yelling in anguish at her husband’s fading. I ran to his room where the rattle from his remaining lung played like the noise of a child running his stick…

  • What Foot Do You Kick With?

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Just for fun, today I took the Belief-O-Matic Find Your Faith quiz. The faiths I most agree with, apparently, are Theravada Buddhism (100%), Unitarian Universalism (94%), Secular Humanism (90%), Liberal Quakers (87%) and Mahayana Buddhism (74%). I was rather disturbed, however, to find that I am 37% in agreement with Scientology. So…

  • Not One Good Day

    Today has been the shittiest day in the history of shitty days. Pardon my French. But really…

  • Ideas Are Like Buses

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ideas. They’re a bit like buses, aren’t they? You can sit around for ages, weeks sometimes, staring at a blank page until snow blindness sets in. Then just as you are about to surrender all hope

  • Why I Don’t Fancy George Clooney

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] When I was little girl, my first crush was Liberace. I played piano and he was the only other person I’d seen on TV playing piano, so to an innocent seven-year old, it made sense.

  • A Saga For Our Times

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The other night Himself and I were chatting about what we’d do for our 25th wedding anniversary. It’s not imminent, but I like to plan ahead. “How about a cruise?” he suggested. “Sounds grand.” “Not wanting to be cheeky,” interrupted our Darling Daughter, “but would you consider a Saga cruise? You’d have…

  • A Poem For Our Times

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’m not usually one for poetry, but I wrote this a few years ago when our bins started to be emptied only once a fortnight. This upset me. A lot. It’s written in the Glaswegian dialect, but I think you should be able to understand it anyway. On Recycling Poo poo clenny…