06 May 2020 20 Comments
in #onelinerwednesday Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, One Liner Wednesday
I know that flag, it’s the MacDonald Trump flag!
Student, aged 6
We were learning about VE Day in school with the keyworker children, and as we looked at information, flags showing countries who were involved came up on the screen.
Guess which country’s flag was being described above?
05 May 2020 33 Comments
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, May, Poets Choice
Colleen’s syllabic Poetry challenge this week is #PoetsChoice as it is the first Tuesday of the month!
May Arrives The sun shines Blossoms blooming The days grow longer Mornings brighter Evenings stretch Summer Here Ritu 2020
Sorry, Colleen, I’m not sure what form I used here… maybe invented my own!
04 May 2020 54 Comments
in Chai and a Chat Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Catchup, Chai and a Chat
Week six completed of this #newnormal we have all been living in. How are you coping? Are they talking about relaxing Lockdown where you are? Here, there is talk, but nothing concrete. We still have to wait until next week, for the PM and his cronies to give us the next stage of #coronagate.
Anyway, I digress! Have you got your drink ready?
Oh, I don’t know… the days are all blurring into one another, aren’t they?
So, it doesn’t feel like I did all that much, but I did, didn’t I?
I still didn’t record stories… maybe this week…
But I am in school teaching today, and I know I’ll be in tomorrow, looking at some paperwork we need to get onto the website for the parents of new starters for Seeptember. Usually we do home visits, but that won’t be likely to happen this year. Other than that, it will be online learning, for school and my own personal development, and reading, writing, cooking, cleaning… the norms for this #newnormal of ours!
How has your week been?
03 May 2020 42 Comments
in Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Knowledge, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday
“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than when you woke up.”
Anon
Well, thank you for that one, Spidey. It’s quite appropriate for me, and many others, right now, too.
During this strange time of lockdown, we have been granted the gift of time.
I know, sometimes, it doesn’t feel like it, but we have.
There is the extra time in the day where you would be commuting to work, Or if you are working from home, you might find that as other businesses are in the same boat, there is less to do, so you gain more time there.
So why not use that extra time to be productive? Do things to improve your own self?
At the beginning, I had all sorts of plans, then the whole change of lifestyle rendered me incapable of doing anything.
I adopted the mantra du jour of “It’s not a normal time, it’s okay to not be productive.”
A couple of weeks in and I settled into a routine: my #newnormal.
Though I still have to go into school, periodically, and, when I am home, I need to makes sure the kids are up and ready for their remote learning, as well as doing some online training myself, and planning. I still find myself with time.
Time to do other things.
So I’m reading more. I’m (finally) writing more. I have started back up with a writing course I signed up to last year, and nearly finished it.
And I have even done an Instagram course, on how to build a brand there.
I’ve done two modules of a course in Calligraphy. (It’s all been theory so far, but I look forward to the practical bit!)
And I have been learning about Scrivener, a new to me piece of software that I have invested in, to help with my writing.
Last night, I watched a free webinar about some basics on the software and it blew my mind! I am so excited to use it now, knowing a few more tricks of the trade, and I have signed up for another course, in more detail, so I can learn exactly how this software will be useful to me.
See, learning new things every day, here!
And the best thing?
Once I’ve learned it, I know my knowledge may be of use to someone I know, and I can pass it on.
After all, to learn, is to teach, is it not?
So… tell me, what is something new you have learned, over these strange lockdown times?
Have a peaceful Sunday Peeps. And enjoy your week! ❤
01 May 2020 25 Comments
in #CarrotRanch Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Boards, Carrot Ranch, Charli Mill, Flash Fiction
Charli’s Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction prompt:
April 30, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that features long boards. They can be used in any way you imagine, including a name for sporting equipment. How are they used and who is using them? Go where the prompt leads!
The Board
Jonah let himself into his house and popped his keys on the sideboard when a strangled grunt of a noise startled him. It came from the living room.
He dropped the bags and rushed in to find his mother laying on her stomach, or rather, hovering, on her arms and feet.
“Mum! What’s the matter?” He went to help her up.
“Go… away… Jonah… I… am… trying… to… do… a… two… minute… long… board…” She struggled for breath, before the alarm beeped on her phone.
He laughed as she collapsed onto the floor. “Board? Oh, you mean a plank?”
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