Mavis's Melting Pot (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/937454-Maviss-Melting-Pot What a horrible title this is and yet, although it makes me very angry and very sad, it is a very true description of what is happening around the world. So what are we all going to try and do about it? I do not mean tackle individuals or groups in a way that puts us, and our families at risk. I would never advocate that! But, do we feel powerless ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:58:35 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/568066 Hi everybody. I hope to be back on site writing regularly soon. What can I say, for I have travelled a great distance in my head and in my heart since we last met. I retired from my beloved nursing although the original dispute that I had with the National Health Service and my hospital's management I won. I had to leave for five months to ta...[Read Full Post] Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:57:06 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/561924 To dare or not to dare? That is the question. Once again I sit here in my living room at home in the UK. I have butterflies fluttering madly in my stomach but just like it says in the title of my new song 'Here Goes Nothing.' When is it right to take a chance, to try something new and to perhaps open yourself up to ridicule? I have just ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:11:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/499539 I am often asked why I put so many of my poems and other pieces of writing on the auto-award list. Is it because I am egotistical, mad or very rich and buy millions of GPs. It is none of those, at least not any one single reason. I love receiving reviews (don't we all?) for several reasons. The most important one for me is that I learn what ot...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:35:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/486900 The Filling In The Sandwich Of Life I love sandwiches of all kinds, but I always try to keep my choice on the right side of healthy. As a nurse it is often my only option for being able to eat during a hectic twelve and a half hour shift when priorities can constantly change. Last July, to celebrate my sixtieth birthday, my husband treated me...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:25:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/390406 Please take away my tears and let me learn. Clear my eyes because when they are brimming they cloud my vision. I view the world only through my emotions and colours are not true to the original. Take away my tears and let me learn. Clear my thoughts because I find it hard to stop doing things for everybody else. I am like a sponge that absorbs, soaks ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:01:57 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/335912 'Helpless' always seems to me to be a strange word. Defined in the dictionary as 'unable to manage independently' and 'make weak' it still doesn't feel right to me. Take the two separate words 'help' and 'less' taken literally they would apear to be instructing one to reduce the amount of help being offered....[Read Full Post] Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:59:02 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/334783 The difference between joy and sorrow is infinite and miniscule. It is like sanity and madness, each with a thin line drawn between and sometimes we step over the line into each realm, criss cross back and forth. Joy is bounding, golden, sunsets, laughter, rainbows, warmth, friends, holidays, and good, families, It is a walk in the country, seeing and...[Read Full Post] Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:31:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/330547