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August 2, 2020

Chai And A Chat #95 #ChaiAndAChat #CoronaDiaries Week 19

Week one of the holidays done, and I hope you’ll be proud of me. I haven’t thought of school once (except checking my email preiodically – as SLT come September, there are some responsibilities I have… but so far, no emails. And buying a couple of new books to read to the kids!) But I […]
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Published on August 02, 2020 21:00

August 1, 2020

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 283 – Busy Doing Nothing

“Nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” Lau Tzo Thanks for the confirmation, Spidey, that doing nothing is a thing! Actually, I say busy doing nothing, but it’s not quite true. The holidays are here, and we have nothing specific planned. That would be better to say. The way things are, right now, I […]
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Published on August 01, 2020 21:00

July 31, 2020

July 2020 Books #AmReading

Waving goodbye to July… What book reading pleasure have I managed this month? Departed: David and Sara by Tess ThompsonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I have managed to work my way through pretty much the whole of the Cliffside Bay series this year, and I was eager to read this last instalment, but at […]
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Published on July 31, 2020 21:00

July 26, 2020

Chai And A Chat #94 #ChaiAndAChat #CoronaDiaries Week 18

Well, hello all, and welcome to a more relaxed Ritu, this Monday morning! I’m finally on official school holidays! So, have you got your drink, yet> If we were having chai I’d start with my school update. It was the last week of term, officially, for the children and us, so there was three days of […]
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Published on July 26, 2020 21:00

July 25, 2020

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 282 – Conversations

“The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person…” Andy Rooney I absolutely love this quote, Spidey! Thank you so much! Yesterday, I went off to do my weekly shop, mask donned, as is the new necessity now. as I left, the security alarm went off – something had been […]
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Published on July 25, 2020 21:00

July 22, 2020

Writers, Have You Heard About The Occupation Thesaurus? (And a GIVEAWAY!) @WriterThesaurus @AngelaAckerman @beccapuglisi

Hi everyone! Today I have something fun to share…a special chance to win some help with your writing bills. Awesome, right? Some of you may know Angela Ackerma and Becca Puglisi of Writers Helping Writers. Well, today they are releasing a new book, and I’m part of their street team. I’m handing the blog over […]
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Published on July 22, 2020 21:00

July 21, 2020

This Is Lockdown #BlogTour @Marjorie_Mallon

I am so excited to invite Marje over to talk about her latest project, which she took on over the Lockdown period; a project I have taken part in too! I’m not going to ramble on, but please, read on for Marje’s wonderful description of This Is Lockdown! Thank you to my lovely friend Ritu, […]
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Published on July 21, 2020 21:00

July 19, 2020

Chai And A Chat #93 #ChaiAndAChat #CoronaDiaries Week 17

Well, hello all! I’m sitting here with an iced drink as it is rather warm, but have you got whtaever you want? Right, let’s get on! If we were having chai I’d start with my school update. The days ahve been pretty similar, with my 13 children, except I am now down to 12 as […]
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Published on July 19, 2020 21:00

July 18, 2020

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 281 – Supportive

“Behind every young child who believes in himself, is a parent who believed first.” Matthew Jacobson Thank you, Spidey, for finding another great quote to illustrate what I’m thinking today. Today, we spent around eight hours travelling to, and from, and sitting through, another of Lil Man’s cricket matches, as a family. (Granted, Lil Princess […]
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Published on July 18, 2020 21:00

You READ – but do you leave REVIEWS? – by Chris Graham (aka The Story Reading Ape)

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
PLEASE If not, why not? I don’t have time The author probably spent a heck of a lot more time writing the story than you took to read it, no matter how slow you think you are, so why not take a few minutes to…
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Published on July 18, 2020 13:15