No more Norma No Mates!
Ok, I jest....I do have friends, but I would like to have more of them. Life is busy, people don't always have similar schedules and...
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carolyn
- Aug 24
- 4 min
Barbie; Is life in plastic really fantastic?
I recently saw the Barbie movie (like most people it seems) and whilst I wasn't overly impressed, it was entertaining. America Ferrera's...
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carolyn
- Aug 5
- 5 min
Beer+Spa=Perfect Midlife Adventure
I know the wait must have been torturous but my latest midlife adventure blog is finally here! July's adventure could be classed as...
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carolyn
- Jun 1
- 6 min
The G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) Midlife Adventure.
When I first started considering my options for activities for midlife adventures, there were two things that came to mind that seemed...
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carolyn
- May 16
- 4 min
How to Feel Like a Tourist in Your Home City.
So...I've taken the plunge and started my #midlifeadventures and so far, so good! In fact, I feel spurred on as so many people have said...
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carolyn
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Mid-life crisis? I'd rather have mid-life adventures.
Without going into details, the last few years for me have been the worst of my life. Not been easy for anyone, what with Brexit, the...
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carolyn
- May 28, 2022
- 3 min
Venturing outside your comfort zone...as an introvert.
Do you consider yourself an introvert? I most definitely am, although with age I am becoming more comfortable in social and work...
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carolyn
- Feb 15, 2022
- 4 min
Animal Adventures
I don't know about you but I've always loved books featuring animals. From my childhood reads of Black Beauty, White Fang, The Call of...
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carolyn
- Feb 2, 2022
- 6 min
The Land of Fire and Ice
My writers' group recently set us a challenge of writing a travel article for which I was delighted to receive a Commended on the...
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carolyn
- Jan 29, 2022
- 3 min
Burns Vs. Eminescu
As a Scot married to a Romanian, both cultures are of interest to me, and so I decided to compare the national poets from each country....
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carolyn
- Jan 21, 2022
- 2 min
Unblocking the writer's block!
As a writer it can be worrying when inspiration and/or motivation to write are lacking. That's the stage I'm at right now and I'm trying...
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carolyn
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
Hello from the other side...
That catchy Adele tune was the unexpected theme tune of my family summer holiday in 2017. The reason? My two nieces are Romanian, still...
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carolyn
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
The fear of hitting Publish
Well after more time than I care to admit, my first novel is finally finished! There will be more info. about the book soon, but for...
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carolyn
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Free writing
So, today I'm going to try something new to improve my creativity. Like many people I guess, living through a pandemic, the changes to...
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carolyn
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
The new normal
I don't know about you, but I am growing to hate the expression used to describe what we are living through. I sincerely hope that we are...
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carolyn
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Thistle make you think
Have you ever wondered why a prickly weed is such a well-known emblem of Scotland? Looking through some photos on my phone , I found this...
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carolyn
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
My unusual Big Day: Part One
I will soon celebrate my 19th wedding anniversary, which is very hard to believe. I've been reliving memories of our special day. In...
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carolyn
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
Parenting through a pandemic
Never in my life did I expect to write a headline like that, and yet here we are...In Scotland we are still very much in the lockdown...
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carolyn
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Don't judge a book by its cover: Part 2
Continuing on from last week's reflections on a "Ted Talk" style presentation I volunteered to do at work about Romania, I'll pick up...
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carolyn
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Don't judge a book by its cover: Part 1
Easier said than done in many ways, when we take a book from a shelf, more often than not it's the cover which made us take that action...
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