Cutting Another Parental String
Our eldest daughter has gone shopping on her own in a nearby town for the first time today. I will admit to being ever so slightly nervous. I’m not really wa...
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Green Lantern
Prior to this evening, my only knowledge of the “Green Lantern” was that he was a comic book character, and that Doctor Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory...
The Week The World Got Bigger
I started the WordPress Blogging 101 course last weekend without any great aspirations, or aims - I just wanted to take part in something that hopefully kick...
Love Your Theme
Today’s exercise for the WordPress Blogging 101 course is called “Love Your Theme”, challenging you to try out different themes. I don’t really need to do th...
Celebrity Big Brother
We have a television hanging from a bracket in the corner of the kitchen, intended to provide distraction while cooking, washing up, or ironing. While ironin...
A Letter To My Younger Self
Today’s exercise for the WordPress Blogging 101 course is to write a post for a dream reader - real or imaginary. I have decided to write a letter to my youn...
Things I Carry
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Saying Hello To The Neighbours
Rather than follow today’s instructions for the Blogging 101 course to the letter, I’m going to ramble on a bit about some of the people I have followed over...
Say Your Name
My blog wasn’t always called “Recursive Words”. It hasn’t always lived at WordPress either. Over the years I’ve probably written at just about every popular ...
Re Forming The Writing Habit
For the past few evenings I have been sitting the moleskine notebook in front of me on the desk in the study junk room, and trying to empty my head. It’s not...