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My Ten-Day Social Media Fast
At the recent October General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Nelson, our church leader, challenged the sisters (because he was speaking in the women's session)...
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My First Six Months as a Vegetarian
I became a vegetarian on 23rd May 2018, a spur-of-the-moment decision prompted by a lobster. It's been interesting, and I have to say that I don't miss meat, and I wouldn't ever go back to eating it....
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What to take to Center Parcs
I'm at Center Parcs in Elveden Forest as I write this, celebrating my daughter's 18th birthday. It's lovely - beautiful, peaceful, full of wildlife (I've seen a stoat, muntjac deer, a heron, rabbit,...
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Some Christmas Gift Ideas
While I don't hold myself out to be any sort of expert in gift buying (I once bought my sister a packet of Pez for Christmas) I thought it might be helpful at this time of year to share a few ideas of...
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Why I'm a Mormon* - despite everything
In August this year I had the great privilege of teaching at FSY (For the Strength of Youth), the LDS Church's youth convention. I taught two classes, one of which included my conversion story. In this...
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Am I the only person fed up of drag shows? A parody of what a real woman is, like black face. Woman are juggling kids, rushing out a wholesome dinner, doing the laundry & cleaning, holding down a...
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Silver Linings
The current pandemic is a bad thing. It's a new virus that no one has any immunity to and there's no vaccine or cure. People are scared and they are behaving in the odd ways people behave when they're...
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Please Judge my Book by its Cover
My new book is out next month - yay! It's been a couple of years since my last book was published and so this one is rather overdue. Also I'm really happy with it. I think it's one of my best and...
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How I got published - and how you can too
*** Long post alert ***How I got publishedIn 1998 I wrote a terrible book. It was called "The Temple of Truth" or something similarly trite. My lifelong ambition was to be a published author, and...
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Why You Should Go to Church (even if you're not religious)
One of the interesting effects of the covid-19 pandemic has been the increase in religious behaviour. Research by Tearfund and Savanta ConRes suggests 44% of UK adults now say they pray regularly, and...
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My Best Vegan Recipes
I've been asked for these so often I figured the best way to pass them along is just to dump the whole lot online. Most of them are also Slimming World friendly. Enjoy!Vegetable Tagine2 tsp each ground...
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Book Review: The Rebel Princess by Janice Sperry
There seems to have been a glut of re-imagined fairy tales of late. From Shrek to Maleficent, it seems we really can't get enough of new takes on the tired old stories and characters.This book really...
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What's in a Name?
In a famous line from Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Lots of people think she’s asking where he is, but she’s actually...
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The 3:16 Project: Introduction
I haven't written anything on my blog for years. Initially this blog was to promote my books but I've got posts about every other subject under the sun here now, from running to my late cat to drag...
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The 3:16 Project: Genesis
To the woman he said,“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;with painful labour you will give birth to children.Your desire will be for your husband,and he will rule over you.”Straight in...
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Eight Things I wish I'd known about Electric Cars before I bought one
Last September my husband and I bought an MG 5 LR EV Exclusive. That "LR EV" stands for "Long Range Electric Vehicle." Our first electric car. I'd long been thinking that we were the ideal family for...
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I went on the wrong cruise (and still enjoyed it)
How I discovered cruisingMy husband lived in Russia for four years and wanted to show me St. Petersburg. He had also told me some horror stories about Russian hotels so I refused to go if it meant...
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