Image thanks to Science News for Students Conflict comes from imbalance. Nobody likes injustice, when it affects them, yet the world is filled with injustice. The world’s resources are shared unfairly across its people in whichever way you look and the current political makeup of nation states, each able to set its own internal laws … Continue reading Global alliances
We can’t afford greed
Image thanks to Sevendeadlysins.com It is said that many a true word is spoken in jest and when it comes to the Prime Minister it is probably true. He lies so much of the time it is very hard to tell the wrong from right. Harry S Truman once said of Richard Nixon ‘He can … Continue reading We can’t afford greed
Battles with Duolingo
I have a love hate relationship with Duolingo, the online language learning site. I have used it for many years now to toy with learning various languages. I have had most success so far with Dutch and have recently started, as you may well already know, to learn Welsh. It is great fun and easy … Continue reading Battles with Duolingo
Learn Welsh
Image thanks to Cardiff University I have been fascinated by languages for a long time. I was going to say since I was very young but my passion really only started after I left school. I never understood the point of speaking another tongue when at school, everyone seemed to be speaking English and the … Continue reading Learn Welsh
Lovely postcards
Who doesn’t like to receive a postcard? I know I do. They remind me of places far away, with a hint of the exoitc and show that others are thinking about me. They are a topic that I have come back to time and time again throughout this blog running with several challenges and penning … Continue reading Lovely postcards
A month in lockdown – Z is for zoom
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. Z is for Zoom, the online meeting platform. Although others are available and more established, for some reason Zoom has become the … Continue reading A month in lockdown – Z is for zoom
A month in lockdown – Y is for yearning
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. Y is for yearning, for all those things I miss from before we were in lockdown. Here are twenty of them in … Continue reading A month in lockdown – Y is for yearning
A month in lockdown – X is for xenophobia
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. X is for xenophobia, the fear of foreigners. Be in no doubt, COVID-19 is someone's fault, or so our media and certain … Continue reading A month in lockdown – X is for xenophobia
A month in lockdown – W is for world
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. W is for world, you know, the place where we live. We humans are arrogant in that we think the world revolves … Continue reading A month in lockdown – W is for world
A month in lockdown – V is for vaccine
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. V is for vaccine, our greatest hope in overcoming COVID-19. Finding an effective vaccine would provide the level of immunity that the … Continue reading A month in lockdown – V is for vaccine
