Midlife, fun and adventure
What's on Your Bookshelf is a monthly linkup where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits and pieces. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading. I'm now BFF with Jane Austen.
What's on Your Bookshelf is a monthly linkup where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits and pieces. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading. I'm off on a trip any day now so have listed my reading material.
Do you feel part of a #blogging community? I know I do & link-ups like Denyse's #lifesstories has been a reason for this. Today is the final link-up offered by Denyse so come join in.
What's on Your Bookshelf is a monthly linkup where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits and pieces. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading. I also saw a fabulous performance of Jane Eyre while in Brisbane and met up with Sue from Women Living Well after 50!
What's on Your Bookshelf is a monthly linkup where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits and pieces. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading.
It's time for 'What's on Your Bookshelf' where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits. I'm sharing the verdict of whether a simple personality quiz can choose a selection of books for you. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading.
It's time for 'What's on Your Bookshelf' where we share what we've been reading and other interesting bits, like a personality quiz for a stranger to choose a selection of books for you. Come join in #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading.
We're back! The first edition of our reading challenge for the year is up and running, with a link party you can add your post to. Come join us for our monthly #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading.
Announcing a new monthly link party for all of you who do a WOTY wrap up post each month. Come join us on the last Friday of the month and share your progress.
The final edition of our reading challenge for the year. Come and join us for our monthly #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and make sure you tell us what you've been reading.
Want to share some of your favourite festive bonbons with us? Hoping you can join us for our special one-off Festive bonbon linkup. Read more....
Want to share some Festive bonbons with us? Take a look at our questions and join in with us next week for our special one-off Festive bonbon linkup.
Another edition of our reading challenge. Come and join us for our monthly #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and tell us what you've been reading. This month I'm looking at Children's Books.
Another edition of our new(ish) reading challenge. Come and join us for our monthly #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and tell us what you've been reading.
Another edition of our new reading challenge. Come and join us for the second post of our #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and tell us what you've been reading.
Is the news doing your head in at the moment? Join me to write your own headlines, they may not take the world by storm like other news, but they're very important to someone - you! Read on for more....
A new reading challenge for you. Come and join us for the first of our #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge and tell us what you've been reading.
A sneak peek at a new challenge starting soon! What's on your bookshelf challenge - where we encourage you to share what you've been reading.
I've enjoyed some great books recently and I just had to share some of them with you. I'd love to know what you're reading at the moment.
Another way I’m being ‘bold’ this year, is by joining Marsha in her Story Chat series and saying yes to these types of activities that push me out of my comfort zone!
I wrote this short story in May, around Mother’s Day and am thrilled to have it shared by Marsha.
Here’s a sneak preview:
It felt like yesterday in her heart, but in her head, she knew it was almost fifty years ago. The day when everything she knew about life had irrevocably changed – the fateful story day when she’d become a new mother.
It was a day in late May, with winter setting in. The days were grey and wet, but every now and again a bright clear sunny day was a welcome relief and brightened the whole world. Unfortunately, it hadn’t been one of these bright clear days when it all happened, instead a storm was raging, roiling, thundering, lighting the sky with shards of electricity. Was it an omen – she often wondered that.
Becoming a mother hadn’t been high on her bucket list, in fact she’d been sitting on the fence about the whole motherhood thing, but the pressure from the state officials, family, especially her husband, and her friends, had been mounting for the past few years. They’d been married for 4 years already and people were starting to ask questions, quite probing personal questions in fact – when would they be starting their family, were they trying, did they have fertility issues, were they scared?
Really it was no-one else’s business at all – except it was.
The rules stated ‘after 5 years of marriage a baby must have been initiated by the couple other-wise medical intervention would be implemented’ – such official, impersonal language. Typical of the state!
If you want to find out what happens next, and believe me, you really do – then click onto Marsha’s post and join in the conversation.
Thanks again Marsha.
Deb 🙂
I’ve deliberately closed comments here so you can leave any thoughts over at Marsha’s post!
Friends, I want to welcome both YOU and this month’s author, Debbie Harris, to Story Chat. This month’s Story Chat is a futuristic, Twilight Zone-type family drama.
Debbie’s word this year is BOLD. Being featured on Story Chat is one of her steps towards achieving boldness. When you’re done reading her story, be sure to click on Debbie’s links to visit some of her posts.
Thanks for having me all the way from Australia Marsha. In a time when we can’t travel in person, at least we can move around the world via our blogs.
It felt like yesterday in her heart, but in her head, she knew it was almost fifty years ago.
The day when everything she knew about life had irrevocably changed – the fateful stormy day she’d…
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