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Category Archives: Britmums BlogPrompt
A missed photo opportunity
This piece is in response to this Britmums Blogprompt: What photograph do you wish you had taken? I’ve known for a long time the answer to such a question. When my little chap was very small, six or seven months … Continue reading
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Facebook or Twitter – which do you prefer?
This week’s challenge from @Britmums blogprompt was the following: Facebook or Twitter? If you could use only ONE to promote your blog, which would you use and why? This was an easy one for me. If I could use only … Continue reading
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The misuse of “less” versus “fewer” – my biggest peeve
This week’s challenge from @Britmums blogprompt was the following: My biggest pet peeve is… There are so many different irritants I could write about here that it took me a few days to decide which to pursue. I’m a fairly … Continue reading
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Desert Island Blog Advice
I’ve been blogging for only a month or so and I found that during the process of setting up a blog and tentatively writing the first few pieces, there was a lot of reading to be done and lots of … Continue reading
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I love The Octonauts!
There! I’ve said it! I love The Octonauts! Luckily, so does my three year old son. He’s obsessed by them to the extent that we have 51 of the 52 available episodes recorded and renamed, so that when he asks … Continue reading
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I couldn’t live without…
I love coffee, proper ground coffee. I’ve always loved all things coffee; instant when I was a teenager, coffee cake, even those coffee sweets in the tins of chocolates at Christmas that no one else will eat. Love them all. … Continue reading
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If I could start my blog over I would…
Writing a blog, or indeed writing at all, is a complete change of direction for me. When my son was born, I resigned from my property management job in London and devoted myself entirely to him. Time has passed and … Continue reading
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