Category Archives: Blogging

Prompt for the Promptless; Wu wei

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Barbara

Rarasaur‘s fourth weekly Prompt for the Promptless; Wu Wei Wu wei, or non-doing, is a Taoist practice involving letting one’s action follow the simple and spontaneous course of nature rather than interfering with the harmonious working of universal law by … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged ForThePromptless, Google, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless, WordPress Themes, Wu wei | 12 Comments

What is my Blogger Personality Profile?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Barbara

I have been meaning to participate in Blogger Personality Profiling courtesy of Rarasaur for quite some time, and finally today I have completed the tests. I am personality type ‘EDMT’ (Extroverted, Development, Multiple Topic, Theorizing) Here is my specially made … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, School | Tagged Blogger type indicator, Childhood Trauma, Extrovert, Green, School Uniform, Special and Different | 12 Comments

Dear WordPress, Please take my Auntie out of the Spam Bin!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Barbara

Please could you improve the ‘Spam’ section of the comments folder so that we can add our friends as a ‘trusted commenter’ and also consign persistent spammers to the ‘do not even consider accepting posts from this person’ folder, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Families | Tagged Blogging, Comments, Grannymar, Help!, persistent spammers, Postaweek, Spam, spam folder, spam section, WordPress | 12 Comments

WordCloud for my blog :)

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Barbara

Thank you to Rarasaur for the idea… I just went to http://www.tagxedo.com/, pasted in the home page of my blog & hit ‘submit’. I was able to delete silly words like ‘Weekly Photo Challenge’, ‘Postaday’ and ‘Comments’, and this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged #memyblog, About Me, Postaday, Tagxedo, WordCloud, Wordle | 13 Comments

Olympics 2012 London Cycling

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Barbara

The first real impact of having the Olympics staged in London 2012 for us, was when they decided the routes of the cycling time trials and road races, and both the races were to be through where we live. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Cycling, Keeping Fit, London, Olympics, Photography, Travel | Tagged Bicycles, Cycling, cycling time trials, flower designs, Postaday, Surrey, Time Trials, transportation, Travel Theme | 2 Comments

Apology Letters To Spouse

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Barbara

Hi Sweetheart, I am sorry about getting into an argument about putting up the Christmas lights. I guess that sometimes I feel like you are pushing me too hard when you want something. I realize that I was wrong and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Families, Jokes | Tagged Apologies, Christmas lights, christmas spirit, holiday season | 11 Comments

Long standing problem? Try Kneeling

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Barbara

I’m not good at getting on my knees. It’s the one thing I really don’t ‘do’ I was raised a Catholic, and went to a Catholic convent secondary school. We studied the lives of the saints. How they starved themselves, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, Anorexia, Blogging, Health, Life, Neuralgia, Pain, Photography, Self Harm, Sinus headache | Tagged 12 Steps, Addiction, Alcoholism, Anorexia, Higher Power, one day at a time, Praying, Self Harm, Serenity Prayer | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Delicate Nanoscale work at Royal Holloway in the Clean Room

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Barbara

I love fiddly jobs, i like when i have to mend things invisibly, sometimes I think I should have been called Cinderella. When I have to sort out hundreds of multicoloured beads into their individual colours, I don’t dread the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Photography, Physics, Science | Tagged Clean room, Delicate, Nanofabrication, Photography, Physics, Postaday, RHUL, Royal Holloway University of London, single electron transistor, Weekly Photo Challenge | 8 Comments

Travel Theme; Transportation (London)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Barbara

I took this photo a few weeks ago on a trip to London to renew my passport Although I have lived in London for nearly 25 years and all of my adult life, i still see London through the eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, London, Photography, Travel | Tagged Iconic London, london Underground, Postaday, Tourist, transportation, Travel Theme, Tube | 13 Comments

Travel Theme; Transportation

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Barbara

I love cycling, and I love bicycles. Here are some I’ve taken on our travels, not all suitable for transportation! Addendum Another bike abroad, this time at the Rembrant Memorial in Amsterdam C1995 🙂 To find out more about this … Continue reading →