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Slow Down

Slow Down

We bought a house because we had a row. The beloved and I were renting a three-bedroom house a few streets away from where we live now. One morning the chest of drawers holding the monkeys collapsed. It collapsed cartoon style. The sides came in like it was sighing,...

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Changing Perspectives

Changing Perspectives

Some people are blessed with the ability to see the best in everything all the time. They see the opportunities and gifts difficulties bring and make the most of it. Others only see the pain and hardship in life and dwell on that. Some flit between the two either...

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Nooks And Crannies

Nooks And Crannies

We've had a house rejig.   When we moved into our four bedroom house we had the eldest monkey in a bedroom of her own and the middlest and littlest monkey shared a room. The fourth bedroom was used as an office. It was my favourite room. Under the eaves, a little...

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Sleeping On A Cloud

Sleeping On A Cloud

I don't sleep well. I want to but I shoot myself in the foot. I get so tired that I crawl to bed at 9.30 pm. I have no ritual for getting ready for bed so all the events of the day are still bouncing around my head. Come 2 am I am still sorting through my to-do list...

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Do It Yourself

Do It Yourself

My darling Gwen has just become a homeowner. It's been a long process complicated by a difficult sitting tenant but she'd done it. Let's crack open the fizz!     We were talking about what she wanted to do with the house to make it her own. She's in the...

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