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I'm 35, married to a wonderful man and live in Aberdeenshire, Scotland UK. I have trained as a medical receptionist and have completed a proofreading course. I also hold a 1st Kyu grade in Shotokan Karate (one below black). My passions are reading, writing,

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Health & Fitness > Disease (Other) Eczema: Symptoms and treatment: 2 of 26

Eczema is an irritating, unsightly and often painful skin condition that can be embarrassing and demoralising for the sufferer. Children in particular can find eczema extremely distressing with both skin irritation and the social stigma attached. Eczema is not infectious, but the flaky and sometimes infected skin often makes...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Saving the environment: 8 of 80

Everyone can do their part, no matter how small, to help save the environment and reduce climate change. It does not have to interfere with your way of life or mean that you have to give up any of your luxurys, but really just take a little more care with what you do. For instance; do you leave your TV on standby or your mob...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Pain from love: 18 of 100

Alone I walk the streets at night, keeping to the shadows, afraid that I may be seen. The darkness becomes my only friend, my only comfort, hiding me from prying eyes and questions that I cannot answer. This is my life now, the path that I must tread; and I would do it with joy if only I could forget her face. *In his mind h...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: A black cat: 3 of 9

I have a black cat, called Tinker - after Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. She adopted me, along with her sister and two nephews from a house down the round. The couple they lived with had separated and the man could no longer keep them, so they found a new home and I became 'mum' to four more cats. Both her sister and one of her...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Jealousy: 9 of 21

Sophie watched the flat from her spot across the road, hidden by the overhanging lilac bush. Luckily the weather had been mild for May as she had stayed out all night watching his flat not believing what she saw. How could he? After all his words of love, his promises now lay empty and broken. There was another woman with hi...
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) You know you were part of the 1980s when...: 6 of 12

You remember all the words to Culture Club's Kara Chameleon. It was a time when you could go out with your friends, fall off the climbing frame and know that your parents weren't going to sue the council. AIDS and HIV were new and scary as was the Iran/Iraq confrontation. You respected your teachers and the police and were b...
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Which Stephen King book do you find better, Cell or The Stand?: 3 of 5

The Stand is arguably one of Stephen King's best works. Although he states it is not his favourite it has been the subject of many a debate and it's content matter strikes a chord in many a heart and the writer himself states in the preface to the Uncut version that '....people always speak to me about The Stand. They discus...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Baby Sleep Issues The possible risks of co-sleeping with a baby: 3 of 4

Co-sleeping with your baby can be comforting, warming and helpful to parent-child bonding. A baby sleeping with it's parents feels secure and is more easily comforted than a baby that sleeps constantly alone in a separate room. It also helps relieve the stress of feeding, particularly breastfed babies in the first few weeks ...
Politics, News & Issues > Trash & Recycling Ways to reduce, re-use and recycle plastic grocery bags: 12 of 15

Plastic bags are the bane of the environment; if they're not clogging up landfill they're choking wildlife, suffocating fish or strangling birds. You cant walk past a park these days without watching errant plastic carrier bags blowing across the green spaces like tumbleweeds. In the UK alone we use between 10 and 15 thousan...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: How many children are enough: 6 of 7

I was always a bit of an oddity; whilst my friends were oohing and aahing over babies I'd shuffle and look at my feet, desperately trying to avoid the awkward question of being handed the baby! The thing was that babies worried me; they were so small, needed so much off you and took up so much of your time. Not for me, I pro...