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Thirty-Eight is the New Twenty 29 Aug 2011 | 08:32 am
It was our school reunion last night. Everyone was thirty-eight or thereabouts; and looking fabulous. Despite my encyclopaedic memory, twenty years was quite far back to go. I remembered everyone, bu...
Fancy a Pint? 23 Jul 2011 | 05:30 am
At last I can check off “give blood” on my new year resolutions list. I heard a friend was going to give blood , so I hijacked the band wagon and indeed, offered to drive it. I had a friend who wante...
Definitely Not Lost In Transition 12 Jun 2011 | 08:18 am
It has been a week of preparations for transitions. I have been at a school show, received a school report, attended both a “starting nursery” meeting and a “starting school” meeting. I had the *HOR...
The Tortoise or the Hare? 9 May 2011 | 04:25 am
I tried a new strategy today for the 10k. The previous twice I have run, my aim had been to “not stop”. And I succeeded, taking 1hr 15 in 2007 and 1hr 13 in 2009. Secure in the knowledge I can run 10...
Fit For Nothing 26 Apr 2011 | 08:09 am
The 10k training has had a bit of a lull. I managed to have back-to-back viruses wiping out not just my Easter Holiday s Spring Break but also my training for a month. Hopeless. Instead of the smug a...
Blood Bottle 19 Apr 2011 | 07:55 am
I had an opportunity to give blood recently. I was passing the local library and saw the big van there. I was on my way to school for the three o’clock pick-up, so couldn’t investigate immediately. W...
What Did You Want To Be When You Grew Up When You Were Wee? 26 Mar 2011 | 08:36 am
Yesterday, I was at a fancy-dress function with this theme. There was… a French painter, a space man, a Russian spy, a lollipop man, some tourists, some cabin crew, a doctor, a vet, an Oscar winning...
“I’m Absolutely In Training” 23 Mar 2011 | 06:22 am
“No, thanks,” said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry, “I’m absolutely in training.” I am giddy with endorphins. I have booked in for the race, the Glasgow Women’s 10K in May t...
Women Walking With God: Fashion, Freedom, Food, Family, Friends… 20 Mar 2011 | 07:19 am
March has marched in a bit quickly. So here we are in the “after” phase of my planned spiritual make-over. In short, Women Walking With God made me feel quite old, but free. The theme of the conferen...
Just How Wrong Can a Pancake Go? 9 Mar 2011 | 06:53 am
As a skilled educator and experienced caterer, Pancake Day should be a breeze. My mother’s pancakes are legendary – my children help her make them on a weekly basis. Her father was a baker by trade. S...
