20 Oct 2016 37 Comments
in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent, Violet Sky
Sue’s photo prompt this week.
Two little haiku came to mind, both centred around that little rhyme,
An age-old warning
Sky delivers a message
Be cautious out there—
When beauty beckons
Budding photographers come
Risking wet camerasRitu 2016
Written in response to the weekly #writephoto challenge by Sue Vincent!
20 Oct 2016 29 Comments
in Poetic RITUals, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: author shout, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cover Wars, Poetic RITUals, Reviews, Vote
I went onto Amazon.com to find 2 more 5 star reviews of my book, Poetic Rituals, which I felt I had to share!
“Bhathal’s Poetic Rituals is a collection of poems that explores life’s rituals, those of a mother, wife, lover, and teacher. There are real gems in here with lovely imagery, humor, passion, and ambivalence. My favorite poems were the lighthearted rhymes about being a mother of young children. A great read to visit and browse throughout the day.” – Diana – Ritu’s poems are original, witty, humourous and full of life. A must read for all those who love wit in verses!” – Diana – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
And
“Ritu’s poems are original, witty, humourous and full of life. A must read for all those who love wit in verses!” – Shivangi – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve been requesting you all to vote for the cover of my book, but I felt I ought to at least let you know I have some lovely reviews too, and that I am eternally grateful to you as my voting Peeps, and to my wonderful reviewers, Shivangi and Diana!
Anyhow, please, if you can, vote here.
The Zombie Dogs are whipping my butt right now! 175 me to 341 for the Rabid Pups!
Votes, shares, anything would be so appreciated! Thank you so much!
20 Oct 2016 13 Comments
in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Hunter & Moon
Can’t believe I got to Thursday without getting this post done!
I had written my haiku but kept on leaving the paper at work!
Anyway, here is my entry for Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge.
The prompts words are
Howling at the moon
Hunter readying himself
A night of bloodshedRitu 2016
19 Oct 2016 7 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Please read, and if you can, contribute and/or share. Nick is an inspirational young man. He deserves any help we can give him 😊
What would you give to make a dream come true if you woke to find yourself living a nightmare?
What would you feel if you could never again walk on a beach? Or go out alone in the snow…feel the stillness of a wood or cross a field?
And then, you found a way…
In 2009, my son was a successful young man with a bright future… until he was stabbed through the brain in an unprovoked attack and left for dead in an alley.
He was found almost immediately by passers-by who saved his life. By the time we arrived at the hospital, Nick was being prepared for emergency brain surgery. We were allowed to see him, for a few minutes, to say goodbye. He was not expected to survive…
Over the past couple of years, many in the blogging community have come to know my son and know…
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15 Oct 2016 28 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Food, injury, Slimming World, Weight Loss
Oh yes, I am back! And with more updates on how my health kick is going!
Firstly, can I say, exercise has been lacking, seriously! When I say exercise, I mean that extra stuff we do to get fit. I run around like a headless chicken most days due to being with 40 3-4 year-olds, so I am so tired by the end of the day, I feel I can’t do anything more focussed!
And yesterday clumsy old me has injury #1890 to report. I managed to perform a most amazing trip over, where I landed with such grace, but in the landing gracefully, I twisted my ankle! It’s not too bad today, but the bone is definitely bruised!
At least my toes still look glam!
But I am still eating creatively, and cleanly. In fact today when the rest of the family ate a Chinese takeaway, I had beans on toast!
And today I had a Slimming World 1 syn fry up for lunch, and had fun with the presentation too!
And how did I do this week? After a plateaued week last week, I am relieved to say I had a loss this week!
So that is 10.5lbs off in the last 6 weeks with Slimming World, and 15.5lbs off in total, since I started this journey. That’s over a stone!
It has been lovely this week as a couple of my colleagues have said that I am looking really well and like I have lost weight… It wasn’t for nothing then!!!!
So with me on a high, I shall leave you Peeps! Here’s to a little more each week!!!
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