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Family Matters: Exchanging The Rat
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Thursday, June 4, 2009. It all started when we woke up to discover Ben dripping blood all over the decking. The ageing Lab, oblivious to his limitations, had been in a stoush with the brutish, brawling hound up the street. And there it was: two deep punctures in his leg and a chunk out of his ear. A trip to the vet and poor Ben returns sprouting tubes in all directions with a truckload of antibiotics the size of golf balls. Final confirmation came when the placid puss wobbled forth and caught sight ...
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Family Matters: The Important Role of Grandparents
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012. The Important Role of Grandparents. I remember the glory days of our kids’ early childhood: the Christmas that Nana and Pa presented two-year-old Justine with a giant fluffy bear bigger than herself; the birthday they gave her the bicycle with trainer wheels; the time Pa wrapped his arms around six-year-old Daniel and taught him how to swing a golf club and how they tinkered in the shed together. Grandparents and great grandparents give children a link to another generation; a ...
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MAD Matters: February 2012
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Diane Priestley explores how Making A Difference matters. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. How my madness took hold. But I was dejected, frustrated and lost. My promising new job had suddenly fallen in a heap and I was forced to start all over again. In that rarefied anything-is-possible atmosphere, I asked myself what I really wanted to do with the rest of my life. But how could I make this heartfelt desire a reality? Over three months, I approached directors of leading charities to enquire if they needed te...
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MAD Matters: 18 Cape Coast: Beautiful Fishermen, Scary Canopy Walk and Living in Hope
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Diane Priestley explores how Making A Difference matters. Friday, July 6, 2012. 18 Cape Coast: Beautiful Fishermen, Scary Canopy Walk and Living in Hope. Unlike yesterday’s 4 am start, I’ve overslept and wake with a fright at 7.40 remembering I’m meeting cabbie Abraham at 9 am. I strap on my heavy hiking boots hauled all the way from home for this starring moment. But first breakfast! Suddenly dozens of fishermen are swarming the beach, hauling on ropes attached to a net, prancing and chanting, their mel...
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Midlife Matters: January 2013
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Tuesday, January 1, 2013. A Bucket Full of Dreams. The year 2013 offers a wide, open vista of possibilities. At this fresh new beginning of another year, take out your pen and write your Bucket List. What’s a ‘bucket list’? And why is it so important to tick the boxes? But I have always treasured the advice of my English friend Jim, who had left home at 15, faked his age and joined the navy to se...
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Midlife Matters: Rediscovering Fashion Over 50!
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Rediscovering Fashion Over 50! I have rediscovered fashion in midlife. As a fan of bright colours, my first request is Don’t Make Me Sad! What is with the latest fashion ‘colour’ being grey? It’s enough to bring on a bad case of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder); the kind of depression caused by constant overcast weather and lack of sunshine. Maybe this obsession with g...
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Midlife Matters: October 2010
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Wednesday, October 27, 2010. A Dash To Paris. Travelling the Eurostar from London to Paris, sister-in-law Chris and I were bracing ourselves for going t. Hrough the spooky tunnel deep. Jabbering non-stop as two excited women do, it was a case of ‘This wont hurt, did it! 8217; After all our trepidation, what an anti-climax! We didn’t even notice we’d c. S you do on the Tube. London to the other.
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Midlife Matters: The Great Stiletto Conspiracy
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Friday, January 6, 2012. The Great Stiletto Conspiracy. Is it just me or does anyone else think high heels are a misogynist joke on women? In this excruciating attempt to look sexy, and some women paradoxically claim high heels make them feel “empowered”, a woman in reality looks helpless and vulnerable and precariously on the brink of toppling over. The physiological truth is walking on ‘k...
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Midlife Matters: August 2010
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Tuesday, August 31, 2010. How to Handle Regrets in Later Life. As we get older we carry regrets, shame and remorse about things we've done and things we've failed to do. You might think you are the only person with a secret stash of shame about past actions but take comfort in knowing everyone has done things they regret. Mistakes and bad choices usually centre around. Rself and those around you.
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Midlife Matters: Turning 50, the Great Divide
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A humorous and insightful column about the challenges and adventures of middle aged people, 45-55years young! Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Turning 50, the Great Divide. My daughter’s boyfriend’s Dad just turned 50, celebrating with not one but two spectacular parties with hundreds of guests. He even jumped out of a plane, thanks to the surprise skydiving present from his kids! Fifty means you have lived for half a century on the planet, witnessing half a century of world history. Now that is something!
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