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All About Chris


Caen I speak French??
This weekend my mum and I are off on our own little adventure to France. Actually we're going to visit Elder Daughter and bring back as...
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Dec 8, 20232 min read
Reading Log: November
It's been a draining and exhausted kind of month, and I've started a new and rather complicated knitting project, so my reading time has...
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Dec 5, 20235 min read


5 things not to say to a cancer patient
Or at least not to this cancer patient... I know that people mean well, and generally just don't know what to say, but there are a few...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read


Analysing ‘The Cry’
This is going to include spoilers, as I can’t see how to write this up properly without them. If you haven’t yet watched this but want...
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Nov 28, 20234 min read


Feeling crafty...
I'd assumed that this would be one of the first badges I completed, as I've enjoyed doing various crafts for about as long as I can...
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco - review
Teen stumbled across this on Netflix a while back, when scrolling in search of something to watch, so we decided to give it a try...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read


Not quite a runaway success...
It must be something over ten years now since I first started running. I'd thought about it on and off for a while, ever since I came...
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Nov 17, 20232 min read


Film Review: End Game
This Netflix short film follows a few terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital facing end-of-life treatments and conditions....
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Nov 14, 20232 min read


Happy Flapjack Day to me…!
Four years to the day that I got my life-shattering diagnosis, I logged in to work and was greeted by a message from my manager saying...
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Nov 10, 20234 min read


Film review: My Best Friend Anne Frank
We all know of Anne Frank's diary, kept while she was living in hiding with her family and another family in Amsterdam during the Second...
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Nov 7, 20232 min read


Oh that’s better!
A bit of everything, a bit of nothing: that's how I think I'd summarise this week! Both my husband and I are feeling much recovered from...
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Nov 3, 20232 min read


Reading log: October
A summary of my reading in October... 12 Birds to Save your Life by Charlie Corbett In the middle of my venn diagram of books about...
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Oct 31, 20234 min read


When is a cold not a cold?
When you have cancer - apparently! When I went on to the 'maintenance' medication I take daily, way back in August 2022, I was reminded...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read


To bake or not to bake...
One thing I enjoy doing as and when I have the time, energy, and opportunity, is baking. And eating the results, of course. I hadn't...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read


Reading log: September
I’ve always been a bookworm and find it comforting to be surrounded by books. Almost any time we go on holiday we have to explore at...
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Oct 13, 20234 min read


TV Reviews: Grey's Anatomy, Great British Bake-Off, Richard Osman's House of Games
Grey's Anatomy I was introduced to Grey's Anatomy back in the days of Season 1, when visiting a friend who watched it, and enjoyed it...
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Oct 10, 20234 min read


Who am I?
As I've been reflecting on who I am and how I present myself, I decided to look at the 'My Brand' badge in the Rebel Badge Club. This...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read


50 not out...
Next week I will celebrate a huge milestone - my 50th birthday. I know some people don't feel this is one to celebrate, but since a few...
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Sep 29, 20232 min read
Mini Book Review: Morden på Österlen - Ett Fynd att dö för
This is the second book in the Österlen Murders series by Anders de la Motte and Måns Nilsson, which I picked up at the airport this...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Further adventures…
...OK, not technically as far as my Swedish trio a couple of month ago, but I'm writing this from a hotel room in Normandy as we've...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
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