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Planetary alignments
I wasn’t a believer. But the day dawned when the planetary alignments declared I had power to influence world peace. Had I but known earlier……As it was, my sphere of influence extended over the limited 1200 square feet of my own home. But I consoled myself—peace, like charity, must begin at home. Deeply impressed that…
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The forgotten sole
Last night I came face-to face with my forgotten sole. Yes, I’ve spelt it right. S-O-L-E. The underside of our feet. Of course it was in a dream. I can barely look at my toes (on my more flexible days), so the sole is a virtual impossibility. It’s often left for dreams to make possible…
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Murphy’s law
For the favoured few who have been untouched by Murphy’s law, I shall start by stating it. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (and at the worst possible time). And never is the law enforced with greater certainty than when you have guests at home. Your car will have an inexplicable breakdown, the…
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🗣️ 👆 🤝 😃🌹🎉 | Say it with Emojis
Never before in the history of the world have we tossed our hearts around so freely and indiscriminately. To family, friends, frenemies, school and college mates (whom we barely spoke to in college), even virtual strangers. Nor have we ever distributed roses, clinked champagne flutes, or bestowed smiles with such abandon. All in the full…
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Household hints
I was always a sucker for household hints. Or hacks, as they call them now. A shower of crumbling neem leaves in an old tome took me back to the summer afternoons of long ago when it all began. To a battered blue cardboard file bulging with newspaper and magazine clippings which I had discovered…