Steven Hawley's novelette, Cattle Market, struck a chord with me as I reflected on the plight of my own mother and the difficult decision we made to place her in a care home. Before we moved her to a more 'suitable' facility I witnessed with my own eyes how the Matron, or whatever she was... Continue Reading →
The Forgotten Ones…
Several weeks ago you may recall I published a joke email about the treatment of The Elderly in Nursing Homes v Criminals in Prison. Guess who receives the best treatment! The post resulted in one of my facebook subscribers posting a link on my Facebook wall: The Forgotten Ones: International Card Exchange for the Elderly.... Continue Reading →
Interview with Julie Dawn Fox, Portugal
Julie's first post A personal A-Z of Portugal inspired me to join her by sharing "My "A-Z of Portugal". I then asked my fellow bloggers all over the world to join us on my post My A ~ Z of Portugal; the response was overwhelming. I propose to feature and promote bloggers participating in the... Continue Reading →
Interview with “blogging buddy” ClassyRose
When WordPress started the PostADay/PostAWeek Challenge in January and subsequently made a post about “blogging buddies” I left a comment and ClassyRose came to my rescue. Rose is great, always offering words of encouragement and support both through the good times and bad. ClassyRose also helps and encourages so many bloggers through her blog “Things... Continue Reading →
Piglet’s interview…
A couple of weeks ago hugmamma of "hugmamma's MIND, BODY and SOUL" kindly asked if I would like to be interviewed; honoured by her request I readily agreed. 1. What do you feel you get from blogging? Does it fulfill you personally? Has it opened up new vistas for you? I discovered the “blogosphere” in January 2010... Continue Reading →