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Mar.24.2013
I’ve Been Tagged for a Very British Blog…
I've been tagged by fellow Very British writer Terry Tyler and invited to answer some Very British questions! I believe it all started with Very British novelist Clive Eaton’s post here:
To quote Clive:
"By the way, we British have certain...
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Feb.25.2013
I can only just now bring myself to write about this as my feelings are still very raw and sore, but five weeks ago today the vet came to our house and put down our dear old dog Polo. It was the most painful decision we’ve ever had to make as a family, however, without doubt, it was the right one....
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Jan.24.2013
Imagine my surprise when I received a message on Twitter saying “I snore… loudly – Author Interview with @JMLeitch #CelebratingAuthors http://bit.ly/VVMhqg” Not that it isn’t true, it is, but how did Celebrating Authors know? I clicked on the link and read the interview Carolyn Arnold had done with...
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Dec.05.2012
For those of you who read my blog at the end of October, you will know that our family dog is not at all well. In spite of the medication his arthritis is getting worse, and we’re worried that he won’t be around much longer. When I see him lollop up the stairs or shuffle under my desk I can’t help...
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Nov.10.2012
Today is Rememberance Day, also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day and observed in all Commonwealth countries ever since the end of World War I. It is a day to remember all members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty, and is annually observed on the anniversary of the end of...
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Oct.30.2012
Our dear dog, Polo, has entered the sunset of his life. Although he’s been suffering with arthritis for some years now, over the past few months it’s really been taking its toll. It breaks our hearts to see him shrinking and deteriorating this way. He’s always been such a… well… such a dog.
He came...
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Sep.30.2012
Some of my young teenage daughter’s friends have been going out to clubs and parties for quite a while. When I queried why she never wants to go with them, she says there's no point in asking because my husband and I will only say “no”, or be so insistent on finding out who she'll be with, what...
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Sep.13.2012
Being way on the wrong side of 30 when I got married, and having celebrated my 20th wedding anniversary a month ago, I recently found myself in the unenviable position of thinking about ageing and retirement.
Bummer. I don’t like it. But since I’m going to have to grow up and think about it some...
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Sep.13.2012
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Jun.04.2012
Have you heard about the annual Bilderberg meetings? The name is taken from a hotel in Holland where, back in May 1954, the first meeting took place. According to the official website they grew out of a “concern expressed by leading citizens on both sides of the Atlantic that Western Europe and...
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May.29.2012
I, and probably everyone else who’s likely to read this blog, live in extremely privileged circumstances. We don’t worry about looking for a safe place to sleep at night or where our next meal will come from. We have roofs over our heads, money in the bank, and food on the table.
Mmm... food on the...
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May.14.2012
Like many things in life, corruption can be a double-edged sword. Of course it’s bad... it has crippled economies and is responsible for keeping millions of people impoverished... but in Indonesia, where it’s web touches almost every aspect of life, when you realise that, at the lowest level, it’s...
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May.07.2012
This story sounds like it jumped straight off the pages of a gruesome science fiction novel... but it didn’t. It’s true.
If you have a sensitive stomach do not ready any further.
In northeastern China the bodies of dead babies, and possible foetuses too, are being chopped up into small pieces, the...
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Apr.30.2012
Need to buy a present for your mum’s birthday? Worrying about what to get hubby - the man who has everything? Forget the flowers, chocolates, handkerchiefs and socks, those boring old standbys of yesteryear, and worry no more. Treat them to a Hugvie, the ultimate in hi-tech, telephonic cuddly toys...
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Apr.23.2012
A group that includes 8 astronauts, has had enough of NASA making unsubstantiated claims and taking a political position regarding climate change.
Live Science recently published a letter addressed to the Honourable Charles Bolden Jr, NASA Administrator, dated 28 March 2012 and signed by 49...
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J M Leitch's first novel, The Zul Enigma, is a well-researched novel that plausibly couples sci-fi with sci-fact. Hard to put down - it left me exhausted, better informed and with a disturbing sense of menace - the iniquities of man are such that this could just happen! A terrific read and much recommended.”
About J
When Mum picked me up on my first day of primary school I was in tears. 'Whatever's the matter?' she asked. I spat out my words between heaving staccato sobs. They were an accusing finger. 'YOU said they'd teach me to read!’
It took much longer than I...