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Team(s) work
Last weekend was one of sport. On Saturday, my eldest daughter and I played hockey. The match was up the county and so took up most of the day – meeting up with teammates to travel, the journey there and back, and time to warm up and cool down afterwards. Sadly, we were defeated on…
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Wonder women – in praise of the original multi-taskers
I am constantly surprised by the number of things that I don’t know. I don’t mean that in the sense of ‘the older I get, the less I know’, though that is also true, but rather practical knowledge, of which I know next to nothing. The people who highlight this lack in myself usually do…
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Tell me why I don’t like (Blue) Mondays
Today is Blue Monday – the day widely considered to be the saddest day of the year. This has made it so far into the public consciousness that school non-uniform days are scheduled, with children encouraged to pay a pound to dress in their own colourful clothes, to chase the blues away. The idea is…
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On resolutions
It’s the first day of the new year – traditionally a time for resolutions to be made. My own tradition is not to make them – or at least not at this time of the year. Yes, after a Christmas season of excess, making vows to stop drinking, eat better, exercise more and shout less…