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What food would you say is your specialty? The meal I would call my specialty would be my beef, red wine and vegetable casserole which is a recipe in Gabriel Gates’ Good Food Fast and is a meal I haven’t cooked in a while.  It is my go-to recipe for dinner parties.i haven’t had aContinue reading “Beef red wine and vegetable casserole”

What have you been working on? Slowly but surely I am working on decluttering and getting rid of a lot of stuff to get ready for when I move hopefully 🙏🏽 sometime early next year.  This is a slow process that i gradually chip away at over time.  I am making a list of whatContinue reading “What I am currently working on”

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? When I think of successful people, my brother Peter comes to mind.  Peter has recently retired and has deserved to live a quiet, comfortable life after working hard for many years. As a young man, he constantly studiedContinue reading “My brother Peter”

What makes a good neighbor? I am lucky,  I live in a neighbourhood of good neighbours.   When my marriage fell apart and I moved here, i really fell on my feet.  It is a very friendly community minded neighbourhood. I have a lovely neighbour in my close friend Liz. She is popular in the neighbourhood,Continue reading “What makes a good neighbour?”

What could you try for the first time? The thing that I would like to try for the first time is oil painting. I have tried other mediums but never painted 🎨 with oils. My dad used to do oil painting and so did Michael Fleming. I know I have a creative streak, but IContinue reading “Oil painting”

What have you been putting off doing? Why? I was avoiding doing some decluttering of lots of old paperwork.  However, I made myself do so and discovered in amongst my old paperwork, some speeches and articles I had written in my career in mental health and felt a sense of remembrance and pride in theContinue reading “DECLUTTERING”

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? The hardest personal goal I have set for myself is to maintain good mental health, so I don’t end up in hospital again. For the past two years since my last hospitalisation, I have achieved that goal with flying colours. I am determined that nothingContinue reading “The hardest personal goal”

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I have a few favourite pastimes.  The first, of course is writing ✍️ this blog and my other writings ✍️.  I love spending time with Lily, walking her and taking her to visit friends etc. I also love, love, ❤️ going opshopping with Kathryn or Lani.  It isContinue reading “My favourite pastimes”

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. The time I felt most out of place was around 12 years ago. I had just left a horrible job experience where I was constantly being bullied. I felt I had to leave that job for my well-being.  In between jobs I decided asContinue reading “Studying law subjects”

Your life without a computer: what does it look like? If I didn’t have a computer my life would be different and would resemble my childhood in many ways. I would be writing ✍️ using a pen 🖊 and paper 📃.  I would probably still be writing  literature for children because that has been aContinue reading “My life without a computer 🖥”