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Donna Brown

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in The United Kingdom

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Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Donna is a longtime book lover and sometime book reviewer and has devoured books from an early age. She writes short (or long) stories and poetry as and when inspiration hits. She was co-contributor to David Brown's books, Man vs Cat and The Bleaklisted Books. She is also the author of Losing Heart, Playing House and Double-take Tales ...more

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A Week of Holiday Wellness: 6 Ways of Holiday Self-Care

It has been an exceptionally busy year and so I haven’t blogged very often but I was invited to post on Terri Giuliano Long’s blog as part of her ‘Week of Holiday Wellness’ so I’m over there today sharing my thoughts on self-care.

There is lots about Christmas that is magical and beautiful. Unfortunately, it’s also the time of year when some of the things that can quickly worsen anxiety seem to com

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Average rating: 3.96 · 105 ratings · 67 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Double-take Tales 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losing Heart 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing House 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man vs Cat (The Feline Central Books, #1) by David M. Brown (Goodreads Author), Donna Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bleaklisted Books (The Feline Central Books, #2) by David M. Brown (Goodreads Author), Donna Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tuning In it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Bleaklisted Books (The Feline Central Books, #3) by David M. Brown (Goodreads Author), Donna Brown (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease

by T. Jock Murray

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Donna’s Quotes

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
― George Burns

tags: family, happiness, humor

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“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”
― Walt Whitman

tags: poetry

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“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
― Paul Terry

tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins

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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
― Jerome K. Jerome

tags: humor, work

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