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Life Crises and General WTF-ery

Maggie — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:30:31 +0000

I’ve avoided writing this post for a long time. Months, actually. But that’s what I do – when things get tough my inner introvert comes to the rescue. Thing is, though, you guys are my people. You ‘get’ my books, which means you ‘get’ me – and you deserve to know what’s going on in my...

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Putting Coke To The Test

Maggie — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:18:00 +0000

Coke – Is It Really The Answer To Everything? We’ve all heard how bad coke is: “It can strip coins . . . dissolve teeth . . . eat through metal . . . imagine what it’s doing to your stomach?” But the latest one I heard is that coke could be used to clean your...

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Winter Wine? . . . Or Whine?

Maggie — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:41:06 +0000

Here’s the thing: I do enjoy a cheeky red. Or a grunty red. I especially like a winter wine – you know, when you’re all rugged up with a book/kindle in hand and a smoooooth glass of red within easy reach? It almost makes winter bearable. So it’s one of life’s injustices that all winter, every winter,...

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Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

Maggie — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:29:15 +0000

So there I am, congratulating myself because my two offspring are finally (finally) enjoying each other’s company. They’re pretending to be other people, shrieking and giggling and having a ball. Then Miss Four says, “Hi, I’m Mummy and I have a very big bottom.” In the gales of laughter that follow I suddenly realise –...

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What Next?

Maggie — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:35:43 +0000

Dear God Thank you for the house sale (massive clean-up), and the house purchase (massive box-up), and the birthday party for Miss Four (massive mess-up), and the car purchase (massive stress-up), and the BIG fat mortgage/insurance/etc paperwork (massive loan-up), and the winter ills (massive health-down) . . . but did you have to give them...

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