As we celebrate another New Year, it’s difficult when we remember those we have lost. We know our life span is short, but when a parent, family member, or someone close to us dies we are devastated. Our sense of… Continue Reading
XMAS WONDER Looking back over the past few years, it’s now difficult to imagine how constrained we were under the COVID Pandemic rules. It was essential, but nonetheless difficult. I wonder if we learned anything from it all? Personally, I… Continue Reading
Going away on holiday sends me into a frenzy of cleaning and dusting and organising. Not that our home isn’t already all of those things, but I want to make sure any burglar who breaks in is comfortable and finds… Continue Reading
How can we hope to understand something we haven’t experienced? Why should we expect others to understand? It’s difficult to see people struggle. Initially, we want to help, but then compassion deserts us and we begin to judge. We make… Continue Reading
Open every cupboard world-wide, or as we call it in Ireland, the press, and you’ll find a plethora of sprays and surface cleansers. There’s a spray and cleanser for everything. Insect sprays for flies and bugs. Cockroach sprays if you’re… Continue Reading
We are often judged by how we live our lives, where we live, and who we live that life with. Whether you care about this or not, you can guarantee there is a quote to comfort you. Not a great… Continue Reading
You’ve all met Miss Jane Austen and her pupils in, YOU NEVER KNOW, the blog posted on 7th November 2022. Time to meet them all again along with a few new characters and see how they’re doing. I wonder if… Continue Reading
Who is the author of your story? What does destiny have in store for you? Everyone has a story, one that grows daily and is unique to us. How our story develops is up to us, or perhaps regardless… Continue Reading
Good morning, children. Good morning, Miss Austen. Picasso, no scribbling while I’m talking. Picasso: Miss, my name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y… Continue Reading
Reality It’s wonderful to dream and imagine a different life, be it a new career, further education, owning a house, a new car, or travelling. Perhaps your dreams are simpler – redecorating, creating an oasis of serenity in your home,… Continue Reading