


Yay! Weekly Smile – (3TC #552)
Yay! We are feeling a tad smug – last Sunday we arranged with our best friends to meet up on Thursday. The first day that we could possibly, now that […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #545)
Sláinte – Boyfriend and I are getting in a groove now! So far this year, we’ve done Burn’s Night, St Valentine’s, St David’s and then, last week, we celebrated St […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #538)
If you have been following my Weekly Smile journal – you’ll know that last week was spent with my mother; her having been discharged from hospital with a newly pinned […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #531)
I am a bit late today, because I have been looking after my dear old Mum! She came out of hospital on Friday, having had her left hip pinned back […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #524)
What a lovely start to the weekend, the glorious Snow Moon that seemed close enough to touch on Friday night and then that superb Sahara sunrise. Both boded well for […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #517)
This week’s smile is a tad double-edged, bitter-sweet you might say. I finally got Dad’s estate sorted, as his executor, and distributed it, according to his wishes. For those of […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #510)
It’s been a lovely week. Lots of smiles to report. Boyfriend’s boy went to see his matrilineal kin for a couple of days before he headed back to sea on […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #503)
We’ve been clad in our working clothes most of the week, doing our level best to get a few more of those chores struck off my list of things to […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #496)
Remember last week, how I was hoping, optimistically, amongst other things, that the ensuite shower would be fixed? It wasn’t; and the plumber came back this morning for the third […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #489)
Last week, if I am honest, there wasn’t too much to smile about; there was an awful lot of angst one way or another. What’s more, whilst most of the […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
On this spot in January 2021 – nothing amazing happened, it was a week of crossing off a whole load of little easy peasy jobs that so needed doing. Like […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
I’ve been planning it, pretty much since August … when I say planning I probably mean ‘worrying’ about it. As usual, I finished honing the script on Wednesday – just […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #468)
Having started a huge project at the beginning of 2020 in the back garden, we are pleased that the end is almost in sight. Most of the work we have […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #461)
We had a family get together on Boxing Day to bring Christmas joy to eight homes on both sides of the world. Five, here, in the UK at 10 in […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #454)
It’s been a week of myriad smiles. Yay! Although I do have to confess to having sobbed over a soppy film on Saturday called “About Time”. I have subsequently bought […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
Awe! I got to have a get together with my Mum this week. The last time I saw her in real life was 20th September. She’ll be 90 next month, […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #440)
I have always chosen the first weekend of December to sort out the Christmas decorations. Every twinkling light, goes a long way to help ease the dark Winter nights that […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #433)
This week has been full of smiles. I can’t believe how many times we have had to move the lounge furniture this year. In out, in out; shake it all […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #426)
Our Christmas Cactus that sits in the middle of the bay window sill, in the lounge had bloomed with a wonderful cerise cascade of flowers. It was truly a centre […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #421)
I’ve broken the blog block. Yay! Actually I mean podcast but it doesn’t alliterate. The last one was recorded three months ago; before I had my hand operated on. I […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #414)
Finally, the weather vane stopped whizzing round on its pole. For the last couple of weeks we’ve suffered the tail end of Hurricane Zeta followed immediately by Storm Aiden, so […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #407)
I have been randomly blogging for many years, and had the remarkable readership of 38 ‘avid’ followers! As a Toastmaster, I’d often thought blogging would help me build confidence in […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #400)
I am going to be open about this week’s smile challenge. Try as I might, it’s taken some time to find something worth sharing. Last week, was a mix of […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #393)
I have always avoided the flu jab, until this year. I’ve been a type-one diabetic for 40 years and have had more than my fair share of needles in my […]

Zany or What? (Weekend Writing Prompt #176)
Hardly what you would describe as subtle, this new boyfriend of mine. He makes me laugh out loud though. Do you know what this crazy clown proffered the other day? […]

Stoopid is as Stoopid does! (Words of the day)
Happy to honeyfuggle unabashed, George swept his mum into his arms, and smacked a sloppy kiss on her cheek. He whispered in her ear when he waltzed in, just before […]

62 Poems – (TTC #345)
Speech Introduction: Laura McHarrie started her WordPress site in 2007, alongside several friends that did likewise. She didn’t know what she wanted to share back then … and even now […]

Win – Ch#59 (Just one thing)
You just have to win. Do not be sorry – don’t lose! You have to play hard, Practice, practice, practice more … It’s all on the final score. (Tanka) Photo […]

Alone with my Pen (3TC #323)
Alone with my pen A crisp white piece of paper – and a mental crush (Haiku) Phone with thanks to Pexels I have been a bit remiss of late … […]

Give over Banksy (3TC #303)
Clean the wall again? It has been done twice this week – Give over ‘Banksy’ (Haiku) Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels Post inspired by Pensitivity 101 and the Three Things Challenge #303 […]

Out of the Blue (3TC #300)
“I’m sorry, you weren’t expected today. I am occupied this afternoon.” She smiles coyly (Micro-Story) Photo by Adrienn from Pexels Post inspired by Three Things Challenge #300