Month: January 2017

To be of good cheer

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Hi, There are some weeks where I have a queue of things I’d like to talk about. This is not one of them 😉 I had started a post about presenteeism, but…. No, there’s no clever gag lined up I’m afraid. It didn’t quite work and I’m replacing it with this. A simple note to point out that it can be the little things. Take for example: Coffee with a (trans) friend and a chat, as we stroll around a nearby park. A chance meet-up with a blog friend at last night’s Chams meeting. A guilt-free night out. Being happy with my outfit. The jump between deep, meaningful conversations and outright silliness. An empty work calendar, so I’ve been working […]

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Fire-heart

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Hi, I wondered what to write about today. The week, has… been less than ideal. The feelings – nay, personal feelings, of powerlessness. Trump in the White House and May at the helm. Both seemingly decided on their own personal vision, come hell of high water. Oo, time for a dark joke: they may well get high-water if they ignore the climate science. So long, Florida! 😉 This week gone I’ve been ignored the news. Just listening to music or comedy podcasts. I did not want to hear yet more blow-hard, empty rhetoric from our Great Leaders. I had toyed with the idea of not posting anything. Some might say, “so what’s new?” 🙂 Then, posting a picture of a […]

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Little victories

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Hi, Moods eh? They’re funny things. They come and go like the weather. Mostly pleasant, with the occasional shower and rare storm. Well, unless you’ve been knocking back the caffeine or South American Marching Powder… but then, you’ve only yourself to blame 🙂 So the week swung around to Thursday and it was the first Chameleons’ night of the year. Oddly, as I drove home on the Wednesday, I wondered: did I really want to go? How odd. In other time, the idea of a long gap between meetings has had me using distraction techniques (long walks, watching films with Wee Man, playing computer games or a spot of writing). Yet, perhaps due to the particularly good Christmas break, I […]

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Being kind

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Hi, Well, that’s the first week of work in the bag. Well, I say work, it was mostly as case of turning up, replying to a few emails and going to one meeting per day. Still, provided you can find creative ways to pass the time, there are worse ways to make a living. 😉 Plus, in the sales I found a new groovy shirt and a rather pretty spring/summer dress. Yay! With Christmas now over and the long haul through the winter to the spring, I was reminded of something a friend, W, said to me. She said she found it fairly easy to be there for others, but when it came to her own well-being, she found it […]

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