For many of us Enid Blyton will be a reminder of our childhood. Reading the adventures of the Famous Five and imaging ourselves in those situations, caused delight and adventure at bedtime. I read today that there are plans to make a Famous Five movie. See link:...
This Sunday is Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) in Canada as well as other parts of the world. However, it is not recognized globally on the same day. For example Mother's Day was celebrated on 30th March in England. When I investigated the reasons behind having a...
Apprehension - awareness in advance, or anticipation of adversity or misfortune When submitting to competitions, it is always with slight apprehension. Is the piece good enough? Does it align to the criteria? After reading past winners is our submission as...
Doldrums - definition: a state of in activity or stagnation, as in a business or art. Although the definition state,s in relation to a business or art, I heard this expression throughout my childhood, mostly in school. My parents and grandparents would not let my...
Sacrosanct - definition: highly sacred or holy I was taken back to my early childhood by this word. My first school was actually within a convent and we were taught by nuns. Even all these years later, I can conjure up the feel and smell of the nun's habit. When they...
Hamlet - definition: a small village As a child I grew up in a village called Upper Bucklebury and yes it is part of the collection of hamlet's called Bucklebury, where the Duchess of Cambridge lived. The house we moved into was in a new development and I can remember...
My first ‘public’ acknowledgement of my creativity came at the tender age of seven years old. I was a pupil at a convent school called, St. Finians. Not to be confused with the infamous St. Trinians; depicted in several movies, although we found the exploits of those...