Category: Bloggage
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I read in a book recently that it helps to make lists of things that make you happy in an effort to boost your mood. So I thought that as this blog is about things that make me smile, why not use it to boost my mood – your mood even. Today is Thursday. For…
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Whenever we go to Waterford it’s always to visit family, never really to visit the place. So yesterday that’s what we did. On International Women’s Day, March 8th, I spotted a post within a group on Facebook that said: “International Women’s Day exhibition at City Library, Lady lane. Opening today featuring unveiling of Blue Plaque…
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This is another post that isn’t going to make me smile. This morning the alarm went off – I looked up the weather on my phone and then decided to have a sneaky look at Facebook. The first post was by the Radio Times with a picture of David Bowie. The internet has been full…
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Here in Ireland we get two types of weather – warm rain and cold rain – ok that’s an exaggeration but sometimes I don’t think that it’s by much. I have to admit I don’t mind the rain and given a choice I’d pick cold rain. However, the weather episode of choice for me is…
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Last night I finished reading this slight tome. If you’d seen me reading it on the bus you would have thought I was just after receiving bad news, I couldn’t help but continually put my hand to my mouth, and in a way I was getting bad news. If this was a piece of…
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I came across this photo the other day and it definitely made me smile! This photo was taken by Elliott Erwitt
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I’m rather pleased to say that my last three reads are actually books that I’d previously started but never finished. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin – I didn’t think I’d read much of this book but a bookmark still in it tells me I had actually gotten almost 100 pages into it! However upon…
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This morning, on the bus going to work, I decided to put my mind to a very important decision. What books will I bring on holidays? This will dictate the mood of the holiday. I’m thinking Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and a Poirot. & We’re only away on a city break for a…
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I love listening to the radio – I have one in every room in the apartment even the smallest room! Actually, that’s not exactly true – I did have a radio on my locker but retired it for the telly. What I mean by that is we get the radio through the television and the…
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This is the autobiography of Alan Cumming. It was read by himself on BBC radio 4 recently as the book at bedtime. For me it was a little bit past my bedtime so I got the audiobook from the library. Can I just say WOW! I remember watching his episode of “Who Do You Think…
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