A ladies’ blog but everyone of both sexes are invited to read and comment if they wish.
As Jade Goody’s life ended earlier today, I wanted to highlight the plight of cervical cancer in a sensitive and appropriate way. Not to skirt around the edges, but to express taste and respect. With this in mind, I decided to write [...]
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Does it have to be like this?
Posted in Change, Debate, Thoughts, Women, sex, tagged Anxiety, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Death, Debate, Dignity, Discussion, Fear, Jade Goody, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Pain, poem, Procedure, prose, Respect, Sensitive subject on March 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
But Mum “how can you be sick when your’re a celebrity?”
Posted in Debate, Health, Thoughts, Women, Writing, families, sex, tagged Cancer, Celebrity, Cervical Cancer, Health, Jade Goodie, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Terminal on February 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The title question was raised by my daughter yesterday as we listened, with great sadness,about the very public terminal illness of Jade Goody.
It was a good opportunity for me to discuss with my 14 yr old girl the perils and tragedy of cervical cancer, what it is, and what can be done to help prevent it, with [...]
I Didn’t Know
Posted in Christianinty, Debate, God, Human Rights, Law, Role of women, Women, sex, tagged Abuse, C19th, cauterisation, Church, clitoridectomy, cruelty, Discovery, Female Circumcison, Female Genital Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, gynaecology, Individual Expression, Madness, Mania, Masturbation, Mutilation, repression, Sexual Being, Sexuality, society, Torture, uterus, vulva, Zero Tolerance on July 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The other day I made a disturbing discovery. Sitting on a train, my book title was kept well hidden from public view, as it was held face down in my lap. I certainly did not want to attract attention or raised eyebrows. The subject matter being of such a sensitive nature. Neither did I, nor do [...]
The Pork Pie Club
Posted in Change, Health, Humour, Men, sex, tagged age, ageing, Angina, Arteriosclerosis, Blokes, Cardiac, Coronary, diet, fat, Funny, Group, Heart Attack, Hospitals, Impotence, Investigations, Lab, Libido, Needles, poem, Pork Pie, support Group, Tests, Weight on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My husband and a friend have jokingly formed a group. A recent spate of friends and relatives having heart attacks and needing Coronary artery bypass and stents has finally meant my own husband has gone along for the health mot because of some shortness of breath and knowing he is at “that age”. The results have been alarming. As [...]
Close Encounters of the Kitchen Kind
Posted in Children, Home, Modern society, Relationships, Women, families, sex, tagged Encounter, FamilyLife, Frustrations, Fun, Housework, Humour, Husband, Kiss, Kitchen, Love, Romance, WashingUp, Work on March 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A ten minute blog.
Thoughtfulwoman to husband:”Hey, I know how to boost my ratings on my blog.”
We both laughed over the washing up, great howls amongst the soap suds.
A few moments earlier we had had a close encounter of the kitchen kind.
Now you know what I mean. The husband had started getting friendly over the drying up [...]
Blood, Church and State
Posted in Christianinty, Debate, God, Health, Human Rights, Law, Liberation, Modern society, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Women, sex, tagged Abortion, Blood, Channel4, Child, ChildBirth, Church, Dignity, Documentary, Health-care, Maternity, Medical, Miscarriage, Nursing, Safety, State, Termination, Under-ReportedWorld, Women's International Day 2008 on March 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is written as we are thinking and celebrating women worldwide on International Women’s Day 8th March 2008.
While this day, which was first acknowledged and commemorated from 1911, for women and their successes and achievements, should also recognise the plight of women worldwide, as they find a voice to highlight their struggles for equality and freedom.
This includes the [...]
Books, Oppression and Women
Posted in Art, Change, Debate, Health, Human Rights, Liberation, Men, Modern society, Relationships, Religion, Role of women, Thoughts, Women, Writing, families, sex, tagged Adultery, Afghanistan, Asne Seierstad, Books, Burka, Crime, Domestic, Family, fidelity, Home, Honour, lives, Marriage, Non-fiction, Novel, oppression, Punishment, Review, Stoning, The BooksellerOf Kabul on February 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A review of the book The bookseller of Kabul,
by Asne Seierstad.
I would like to acknowledge athinkingmans own blog on this book, and am grateful for his review in bringing this work to life and to my knowledge of it.
As soon as I had discovered this books existence, I knew this was the next read for me, [...]
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