Dear Santa...

Dear Santa, How are you? Season's greetings and all that. How is Mrs Claus and all the elves? I expect things are quite hectic as you're doing all your last minute preparations.  Loading up the sleigh. Making sure the reindeers are well-rested for the big night. Checking your lists: one...

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Letter To My 20 Year Old Self

Dear 20 year old Ness, Hello, dear girl! Well, actually you're a young woman now. A proper grown up. I know! You certainly don't feel like one. I suspect you never will. And you know what? It's okay. Most people are faking it, anyway. Besides, being a grown up is totally overrated, as you are discovering. Image...

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Letter To A Kindred Spirit

Dear Anne, You don't know me, but I believe if we'd met we would most definitely be kindred spirits. Maybe I wouldn't take the place of Diana as your 'bosum' friend, but I would be a close second.  I am shy and silent just like your beloved Matthew. You could chatter to your heart's...

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Back Again Plus Letters To My Enemies

Hello there. Here I am. I expect this post will be a bit clunky and all over the place. I seem to have lost the ability to string a sentence together. Oh wait. I never really had that ability. I just ramble on. All good, then.  I actually wrote a poem about my blogging 'journey'. Here it is: Sometimes...

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