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deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy
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A woman of few words
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-05-17 14:50
Whodunnit?
Would I rather be an emergency doctor, a zookeeper, or a police crime scene investigator? That's an easy one! Having cared for my father with dementia for four long years, I would choose the occupation
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-05-10 23:29
Outlaw.
Would I accept a job I knew to be criminal if the money were good enough? Absolutely. Illegality in itself, would not deter me. I would, however, need to be reasonably certain that I wouldn’t be caught.
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-05-03 20:57
Blessed are the meek.
I’ve never had a problem with ego. Mine is far too small to have ever impeded my progress, and being the very antithesis of an egotist has always worked in my favour. Humility endears one to others; bragging
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-04-26 21:02
Autonomy
If I had to change one thing about myself, it would be my overly good nature. I am far too kind and generous for my own good. It is to this unfortunate trait that I attribute my failure to amass a vast
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-04-12 22:41
No particular place to go
I went on a road trip once — and never did again. It was the early ’90s. I had a new beau. He had a new motorbike, a beautiful red Honda Shadow. “We’ll go on a road trip,” he said, “through Britain and
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-04-05 19:39
Don't stand so close to me.
I always judge a book by its cover. Apart from the blurb on the back, it’s how I choose in a bookshop. I’m much the same with people. I can usually tell at a glance how tedious or otherwise someone is
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-04-01 21:35
Wasted
Alas, this weekend I was engaged in a spot of Bunburying and thus unable to join the weekend-experience proceedings. Rather than deny my regular readers their weekly glimpse into the mind of a self-declared
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-03-22 21:06
Up.
I can’t say I have more than a passing acquaintance with failure. If I have ever failed at anything, I can’t recall it, though these days I must confess that I remember very little and understand even
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deirdyweirdy
HiveGarden
2026-03-19 20:31
Green acres
Well my dear gardening chums, this is my sixth growing season and let me tell you, I’ve learned a few things in the past five years. Chicken defences have been strengthened considerably, all pallets have
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-03-15 19:23
Just right
If I were told I had 300 minutes left to live, what would I do with them? Why, I’d get a second opinion, of course. I’ve never been one to believe anything I’m told without question. You’ve all heard the
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deirdyweirdy
Rant, Complain, Talk
2026-03-11 21:23
Strife.
Since I arrived back last week from my sojourn under bluer skies, a dearth of compost has been thwarting my horticultural endeavours. Thus, this morning I had a pallet of thirty six, twenty five kilo bags
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-03-09 00:48
Being real.
As my merry band of avid readers will know, I have no dirty little secrets; in fact, I have few secrets of any kind. My life is an open book. I say what I mean, I mean what I say, and I always do what
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-03-01 20:35
This perfect world.
What have I worked hard for and finally achieved? I would say brilliance, but modesty forbids, so instead I will claim contentedness. I am satisfied with what I have; I neither want nor need anything more,
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-02-09 00:33
Bookworm
When the Sony Walkman arrived in the early 80s, it felt like a miracle. Walking to work with The Smiths or Big Country in my ears was heaven on earth, and the perfect preparation for the fray that awaited
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-02-02 00:21
Housekeeping.
I remember the early 1980s, when I started my first business and was interviewing for a messenger boy, one little lad, Patrick his name was, begged me “Please, missus, please giz the job. I’m from the
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-01-18 14:53
A friend indeed.
As my legions of regular readers will know, I’m not one to boast, but when it comes to friendship, I must admit I am the Rolls-Royce of friends. Fiercely loyal, utterly dependable, and if I ever lie to
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deirdyweirdy
Freewriters
2026-01-15 10:43
A hairy situation.
Leaving her hirsute husband Jim bidding farewell to their guests, June heads to bed in the honeymoon suite. As he slips into bed beside her, half-asleep June strokes Jim's smooth skin. Smooth? She bolts
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deirdyweirdy
Freewriters
2026-01-07 21:13
Privy.
"This coffee smells like almonds," her husband remarked. "Must be the almond cookies dear," she replied. She’d been diligently collecting and crushing apple pips for years. Suddenly,
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deirdyweirdy
Weekend Experiences
2026-01-04 17:22
Reasons to be cheerful part 3
All in all, I can’t say 2025 was too bad a year. True I lost three chickens, two to the fox and one to a pallet, plus the door handle fell off my fridge, but I managed not to lose either my patience or
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Rant, Complain, Talk
2026-01-01 15:38
Meandering
As I accompanied my four pooches and their suitor (the big black hound) this morning on their daily constitutional, six small planes were criss-crossing overhead, leaving vapour trails behind them (yeah,
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