‘Life’s a Journey’ weekly nostalgia link-up (theme preview)
This week’s theme will be “Becoming a Parent.” (Linky to be posted Tuesday, 22nd May) Can you remember the moment it happened? Were you prepared for the changes that followed? […]
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Are you part of the Nation of Storytellers?
I was approached recently by the good people from Blurb who have launched a campaign to get people writing down their family stories. It is said that, in an average lifetime, […]
16,425 Mornings
Today is my Birthday. I am celebrating it with a clear blue sky and an ever-diminishing number of birthday cards (apparently a direct correlation between increasing number of years and […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ weekly nostalgia link-up (theme preview)
Next week’s theme will be “Old Teen Magazines.” (Linky to be posted Tuesday, 15th May) Maybe you were a subscriber to ‘Jackie’? Or perhaps you ‘looked out’ for Look-In every […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ weekly nostalgia link-up (theme preview)
Next week’s theme (to be posted Tuesday, 8th May) will be “Rollermania! Those Bay City Boys” Remember those cheeky Tartan-clad boys from Edinburgh? Did you pledge to marry Alan or […]
The Lo-Tech Times of Childhood (Life’s a Journey Series, Week 16)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). When I was growing up, I […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ weekly link-up (preview)
Next week’s theme (to be posted Tuesday, 1st May) will be “Lo-Tech Times” Remember when you closed the lid on your record player for the last time and went all […]
Mini Memoirs: Kate Winslet (Wha? It’s Titanic week!)
Since nostalgia is my game, and since it would be churlish to let this April pass without so much as a sniff of a mention of Titanic on the 100th […]
‘Blue’: Girl Guides, Revisited (Life’s a Journey, week 11)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). I noticed last week […]
Life’s a Journey, Week 10: Tying the Knot (Again)
This Post is part of a ‘Join in and Link Up’ Blog series which celebrates life’s little memories – come on in, the water’s fine (see below)! With time and […]
Life’s a Journey. Week 5: Teenage Crushes
Look, if I’m going to be totally honest with you about this, then there were more than three. But in case anyone I actually knew in 1978 is tuning in […]
Blog 101: Things that send me into an irrational state of bonkers
Perhaps it’s Nature, or maybe it’s Nurture, but I was raised to talk proper and since I went to a Grammar School it would seem unfortunate if I didn’t adhere […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 4: Bestest Friends
Last week in the series, we discussed your earliest school work. Less ‘things’, more ‘people’ from our lives this week….. I have met an awful lot of people in my […]
The Heirloom
I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 3 – Earliest writings, by Helen
Last week in the series we looked at your old school portraits. I apologise for saying this, but quite frankly some were just nasty! This week we are taking a […]
