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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

A book about people and the injustices that are served and the battle to conquer them

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world

Suffragettes died for me to have this right

Yes. Categorically, yes. Women put themselves under the stamping hooves of horses for me to have that right; women went on hunger strike in order for me to have that right. That’s not something that I take lightly. Do you? Because there are those that would snatch that right away from me given half theContinue reading “Suffragettes died for me to have this right”

Forever moving forwards…

What gives you direction in life? I’m not sure I have direction. I’m more of a meanderer. What I will say is I rarely look back. Memories? Of course, it’s good to reflect but dwelling in the past is, in my opinion, not a good thing. It’s gone, never to be revisited. Time to lookContinue reading “Forever moving forwards…”

I do love an adage…

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? It sounds trite but “Everything always works out for the best” is mine because even when life has been dark, I’ve come out of it with something more – more knowledge, more awareness or even just simply to never put myselfContinue reading “I do love an adage…”