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I have always enjoyed writing and it has always been something that comes naturally and that I can do easily.

During my teenage years I was extremely shy and was often unable to express my opinions clearly because I was so self-conscious that I was unable to

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Education > Educational Philosophy Is engaging parents in their children's education a major factor in turning around low-performing schools?: 1 of 23

A child's first learning happens solely because of its parents. Their input is the most important learning influence of all: what the young child absorbs from its parents will have a lasting affect throughout its life.It is nature's intention that parents embed the necessary life-skills in their young. Doesn't the mother cat ... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement Planning ahead for your retirement: 1 of 22

Retirement is that period of your life when you finally have the time to do what you want to do, to make choices and to build memories rather than material wealth. Planning for retirement can start from when you first enter the workforce, or it can begin a few years before you are due to leave. If you regard this planning as ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Healing through writing: 5 of 56

I am writing again today with the intention of continuing the healing process that started a month ago. That was when I first wrote to you with a reflection that touched on the sensitive topic of euthanasia.I wrote tentatively then, giving only the merest glimpse of the events that had so disturbed me, trying to avoid providi... More..
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Tips for surviving the heat: 1 of 10

Summer is my least favourite season of the year. I am simply not a "summer person" so to survive during periods of intense heat I have developed a number of strategies that make life more comfortable for me. They may be appropriate for you too.There are three aspects of our lives that need to be considered: the working day, t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood dreams: 3 of 27

Rolled up pants, warm sun-kissed skin,freckled eager faces,shrill laughing voices, sparkling eyessearching for dreamed of places.Salt-spray flies free as breakers crashon beach unspoiled and wide;seagulls' feet mark delicate trailslater wiped out by the tide.Tortured driftwood, polished smoothby ocean's abrasive swirl;hinged ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Death of a sibling: 2 of 18

How do we compare the death of one person with that of another? Is one worse or more tragic than the other? Are there good and bad deaths? Are there those that are peaceful and in their time, and others that are tragically premature?Death is, after all, as normal as life itself. That period of intense sorrow that follows bere... More..
Home & Garden > Landscaping Ten favorite plants: 1 of 9

My garden is the place that I love best out of all others and every plant in it is my favourite. Each has been chosen carefully and for a particular reason.Some of my plants prompt memories of childhood; others serve an exceptional function such as being able to flourish during times of drought; many of my plants produce flow... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Skipping school: 1 of 8

I did not like school much, but being a compliant child, in addition to having a very single-minded mother, I went along and did my best most of the time. There were those who stayed away with colds or tooth-ache on a regular basis. But when I started to sniffle, my mother passed me an extra handkerchief that she had dabbed w... More..
Home & Garden > Vegetables & Herbs The easiest-to-grow tomato: 1 of 8

Tomatoes are the most common vegetable in the home garden, probably due to the fact that they are easily grown and to their delicious flavour when freshly picked quite unlike the tasteless offerings from supermarkets that have spent countless weeks in storage.Tomato seeds germinate so easily that young plants might spring up ... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) How music defines who we are: 2 of 12

Does music define who I am? Certainly, the music to which I choose to listen would be a fairly accurate definition of me.Life's experiences have moulded each of us into what we are today. My earliest years were spent on a farm where there was endless solitude and peace, where animals and trees and crops were the focus of our ... More..