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International Purple Day - Epilepsy Awareness
Tomorrow is Purple Day! My lovely daughter has learned to live with her epilepsy, but we have also learned that there is a lot to be done in terms of research and awareness. This is written with her permission. Purple Day logo used with permission of Purple Day UK.
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What Goes Around (IP)
You can't miss what you've never had. Unless you've had it before. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Halloween
Not very seasonal, but one I made earlier and have been tinkering with. Photo CC0 via Pixabay
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Postcard from Upstairs (IP)
Don't say anything to Leonard. Picture: https://tinyurl.com/y9mrwdjt
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The Game of the Name
Hooray! The most popular baby names list is out! No, I couldn't care less. Yes, I love a bit of a gawp at other people's choices.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
This is our very beautiful social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
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Whenever I read about what
Posted on Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Whenever I read about what is happening with you all, I think of the lovely, warm and generous Americans I have known over the years, and I feel both bewildered and sad at the news. It was great to see so many people turn out for the No Kings...
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This beautiful and quietly
Posted on Sat, 21 Mar 2026
This beautiful and quietly devastating poem is our social media Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can.
Picture by W.carter, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...
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Teeth Tales Honourable Runner Up!
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
This is our Teeth Tales Honourable Runner Up! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Teeth Tales – a Song For My Dentist
A lovely piece, Rhiannon. The
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
A lovely piece, Rhiannon. The image of the ivory wall is so striking. Thanks very much for this.
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Hampstead Heath makes perfect
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
Hampstead Heath makes perfect sense! My mum came from Wapping, so rhyming slang was a part of life. Eventually my parents came to live near me, in t'North, and so my kids went to school bilingual, fluent in both Yorkshire and Cockney.
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The Tooth Fairy is, obviously
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
The Tooth Fairy is, obviously, protected from ketchup by her sparkles, as are all us members of the Fairy community. She says that if your daughter ever wishes to take revenge for the childhood trauma, she will happily assist. There's a lot she...
Read full commentPosted in Teeth Tales - The Miser’s Guide to Molars
Lovely story, Penny! Thank
Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2026
Lovely story, Penny! Thank goodness the teeth survived intact, and it was only your mother's nerves which were shredded.
Thanks for entering the competition!
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Thank you so much for reading
Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2026
Thank you so much for reading. Yes, she is indeed the one in the profile picture. My editor in chief!
Your turkey urges made me smile, because Zsa Zsa was the same with chicken. She never looked at anything quite as longingly as the she...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 08 Mar 2026
Makes the reader laugh and shiver at the same time. This is our social media Pick of the Day!
Picture by R-P Ribiere, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: ...
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