Crazy Train To Tinky Town

Adventures of a single woman living in Altinkum, Turkey

Imagination Is The True Magic Carpet

My Uncle Sid was all about magic; from the snowmen he used to bring into the house when I was too sick to go out and play with other children, to the homemade ice-lollies that he used to keep in...

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I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No

In addition to my Dad’s big feet and curly hair, I have also inherited another characteristic; his basic inability to say no. It would seem that my Dad has now handed that particular family torch...

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It Was All Started By A Little Mouse – Walt Disney

Chloe, the Koi Carp Thief is thankfully the only real mouser in our rescue cat quartet; Hobo on the other hand who only has one gear, reverse, will only be tempted by slow, elderly or infirmed...

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Finding Nemo

An ear-splitting scream shattered the neighbourhood that morning as the young Swedish au pair who had moved in alongside the young family into the house opposite, came running down the drive...

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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I have to admit to having a love/hate relationship with writing; there are days when I would absolutely do anything rather than put pen to paper. These are the times when I can so easily become...

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Homeward Bound

I’m back! A little weary to be honest and back to work tomorrow; what was I thinking! It’s been a bitter-sweet few weeks; the camera which my Dad painstakingly chose and bought for me as a...

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And He Drove The Fastest Milkcart In The West

I had intended to catch a national express coach to Bristol airport for the trip back to Turkey but my Dad was insistent that his allotment buddy, Ernie take me in his clapped out old transit van...

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My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go

Overwhelmed and bone tired is the best way to describe how I’ve felt over the past few weeks. I think we’ve established that I really am not cut out for a career in nursing and the additional...

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“All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer”.

I was always destined to be friends with someone who starts a sentence with “My aunt the white witch”. Boo has worked alongside me fighting the good fight against a common foe aka Poison Pen, for...

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The Greatest Gift Of All

I can’t remember a time when you haven’t both been an integral part of my life although it was as small babies that you both sneaked in and overnight I became Fabulous Auntie D. I certainly wasn’t...

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Dancing is like dreaming with your feet and makes the stars shine brighter. It also improves your flexibility and promotes an overall sense of well-being. In Dallas world after a couple of sherbets...

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A Diagnosis Is Burden Enough Without Being Burdened By Secrecy And Shame

When I was a poor student, I was fortunate to secure a waitressing job at one of the local hotels. I worked there for a few years whilst I completed my studies and became really good friends with...

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Hands Up, If You Think Speeding Lead Therapy (A Bullet) Is One Of The Best Treatments For Some Patients

It’s been a very trying week at Dyson Abbey with two cantankerous “olds” to look after. My Dad has to be one of the worst patients ever; I have already had to frogmarch him back from the allotment...

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What’s In A Name

I may have told some of you that I was named Deborah because as a small boy my Dad watched the “King & I” at the Saturday morning pictures where he developed a life-long crush on the actress...

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You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

I spent a sunny afternoon last week taking a trip around one of the local cemeteries & garden of remembrance with my Dad, not because I’m ghoulish but because it is steeped in history and I love...

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Fifty Sheds of Grey

Now it’s safe to say that my Dad is an old-fashioned gentleman, he opens doors for ladies and still stands whenever one enters the room. He would never say anything inappropriate and I’ve never...

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God gave us a gift of 86,400 seconds today, so I’m using one of those to say “thank you”.

I received my renewal notice today from WordPress, which reminded me of my early days of blogging when I thought that the only person that would ever read my blog would be my Mum. Well I got that...

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There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part Two)

As we were directed to the Exhibitors’ car park by the local parish verger who was marshalling for the day in an attractive “hi-vis” rain poncho, he couldn’t help himself from mentioning that he...

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There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part One)

As usual we awoke on the morning of the village show, to torrential downpours and thunderstorms. As mum was putting the final touches to her cakes, we were forbidden access to the kitchen so she...

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My Funny Valentine

My first love was a boy called Darren Butler, who used to live in the house opposite ours. He was a couple of years older than me and we exchanged our first chaste kiss in our back garden under the...

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A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

I must have been in the third year of High School when I first noticed Miss Crute, mainly because I had been assigned to her English Literature class for the next term. She was all of five feet...

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Nighthawk Calling London, Come in London

The local Agricultural Fair rolls round every summer, usually to torrential downpours but is always well attended by the village community despite the temperamental British summer weather. The...

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For The Love Of Annie

Karen Wren runs a small animal shelter in Didim, Turkey trying to save abandoned and injured street dogs along with feeding up to eighty other hungry mouths on the beach, at the side of the road...

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A Hospital Is No Place To Be Sick

Last week My Dad was scheduled to have a minor surgical procedure and, as he had acquired a bus timetable, he was determined to travel up there care of city bus. However, despite his protestations...

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Lord Help The Mister, Who Comes Between Me & My Sister

Me & Beverley Big Pants PS I’m the good-looking one!

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Man Gives The Award But God Gives The Reward

I have been very lax in recent weeks regarding award posts which doesn’t mean for one second that I don’t appreciate the nominations, however, my real life has been a little demanding of late. So I...

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Please Feel Free To Kick My Plaster Cast!

I think it’s safe to say that yesterday was not one of the better days at Dyson Abbey. Firstly, Chloe the Koi Karp Cat Burglar got herself stuck between a tree and the back of next door’s shed, so...

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A Little Bit Of Perfect

We continued driving up into the mountains, all eleven of us together with the goat, on the way to Grandad’s House in the remote village of Karatut. The weather was getting colder and the snow...

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

“Going Grandad House” Ahmed said to me the next morning so that was how I found myself in a Fiat Doblo with ten other people and a pygmy goat. We all excitedly crammed into the car, men, women and...

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Poverty Is The Mother Of Crime

Sheltering from the torrential Devon downpours in the allotment shed, Dad and I shared a drink of tea from his old thermos flask, whilst having a lengthy discussion about some of the bar boys...

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Crazy Train To Tinky Town

Imagination Is The True Magic Carpet

I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No

It Was All Started By A Little Mouse – Walt Disney

Finding Nemo

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Homeward Bound

And He Drove The Fastest Milkcart In The West

My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go

“All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer”.

The Greatest Gift Of All

He’ll Have To Go

A Diagnosis Is Burden Enough Without Being Burdened By Secrecy And Shame

Hands Up, If You Think Speeding Lead Therapy (A Bullet) Is One Of The Best Treatments For Some Patients

What’s In A Name

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

Fifty Sheds of Grey

God gave us a gift of 86,400 seconds today, so I’m using one of those to say “thank you”.

There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part Two)

There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part One)

My Funny Valentine

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

Nighthawk Calling London, Come in London

For The Love Of Annie

A Hospital Is No Place To Be Sick

Lord Help The Mister, Who Comes Between Me & My Sister

Man Gives The Award But God Gives The Reward

Please Feel Free To Kick My Plaster Cast!

A Little Bit Of Perfect

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

Poverty Is The Mother Of Crime

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Crazy Train To Tinky Town

Imagination Is The True Magic Carpet

I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No

It Was All Started By A Little Mouse – Walt Disney

Finding Nemo

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Homeward Bound

And He Drove The Fastest Milkcart In The West

My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go

“All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer”.

The Greatest Gift Of All

He’ll Have To Go

A Diagnosis Is Burden Enough Without Being Burdened By Secrecy And Shame

Hands Up, If You Think Speeding Lead Therapy (A Bullet) Is One Of The Best Treatments For Some Patients

What’s In A Name

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

Fifty Sheds of Grey

God gave us a gift of 86,400 seconds today, so I’m using one of those to say “thank you”.

There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part Two)

There’s No Business Like Showbusiness (Part One)

My Funny Valentine

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

Nighthawk Calling London, Come in London

For The Love Of Annie

A Hospital Is No Place To Be Sick

Lord Help The Mister, Who Comes Between Me & My Sister

Man Gives The Award But God Gives The Reward

Please Feel Free To Kick My Plaster Cast!

A Little Bit Of Perfect

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

Poverty Is The Mother Of Crime

Jules

+ 2 more followers

Hillbilly Housewife hillbillyhousewife....

Knitted Notes knittednotes.wordpress....

400 Days 'til 40 400daystil40.wordpress....

Crafty Lady lllin526.wordpress.com

The Biggest Sis laurenblog12.blogsp...

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