Stamps in Camden Market

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Gloria

Daily writing prompt

Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.

On a very recent trip to London I visited Camden Market for the first time in my life. I wasn’t disappointed. A fabulous day out and the weather was exceptionally good too.

My 13-year-old daughter and I love rummaging in thrift shops and when we came across one in the market we were delighted with ourselves. The first thing I came across was a box of old postcards and used stamps. To say I got excited was an understatement. I pulled out the box, laid down my iced coffee, and got stuck in.

So it’s only a box of old stamps, I hear you say! More than that to me. I’m reigniting a passion for what was my childhood hobby and for the time I spent rooting around in that box, I was back there again!

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Whatever’s in my Handbag

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Gloria

Daily writing prompt

What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

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Well, that depends on where I’m going and what I’ll be doing.

If ‘all the time’ means even at home, my answer is my varifocals. Unfortunately, I left them in Italy two weeks ago and I’m lost without them. Lucky I still have my reading glasses.

When I take the dog for a walk, the first thing I check my pocket for is doggie poop bags. And I do take them home after I use them. Too often I see full poop bags lying on the ground. Why bother bagging it just to dump it? I don’t understand people sometimes!

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Some Things are Best Left Well Alone

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Gloria

What are you curious about?

I’m curious about so many things. The truth about death and what comes afterwards. I will remain curious about that subject because that truth will only come when my time to die comes. Fair enough!

Science intrigues me, but a lot of it overwhelms me, so I don’t want to know too much. It’s scary!

Take neuroscience, for instance. It is far too complex. The brain amazes me. I know that it’s magnificent, yet my knowledge on the workings of the brain is very basic.

I’m curious about what my dog is thinking, and I wish she could talk. That won’t happen!

I could spend hours writing about things that I’m curious about.

Curiosity is a good thing, but remember… curiosity killed the cat, so some things are best left well alone!

In my Next Life

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Gloria

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

If reincarnation is real, I’d like to be born in Italy, please!🙏

The first time I went to Italy was seventeen years ago. We went to a friend’s wedding in Lake Garda and it was the most beautiful place I’d ever been to.

We went on a day trip to Venice and lo and behold, Stephen proposed to me! He went down on one knee in the gondola and presented me with a beautiful ring!

I loved Italy so much and we always wanted to return.

And here we are as I write this; in Lake Como having a wonderful holiday with our 13-year-old daughter Lucy and Bella, my 13-year-old granddaughter.

Bella comes everywhere with us because she and Lucy are very close!

So, if I won two free plane tickets to anywhere in the world, it would be Italy. I’d like to go to Rome and Naples.

Thank you for reading today!

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