Hey! Guess what! The transfer of Just Frances is complete and I’m now running on a self-hosted platform. It may not seem like a big…
OK, folks, this is it. I’m moving over to a self-hosted platform and won’t be able to post anything for a 24-hour period beginning at…
This isn’t the post I planned to share tonight. No, that post was a bit sad and reflective of my (sometimes) miserable lot in life…
It’s another list day. Yay! Today’s list is 10 things I’ve not done in more than a year but that I am going to work…
Things are changing here at Just Frances – but you won’t see the changes from your side for a few days yet. You see, I am moving from…
Well, folks, the Bloomsday 12K results are in. But I’m going to get all melancholy for a bit before I get to that part. You…
Bloomsday 2011 is over and I’m alive to tell the story! And after little-to-no training, that is a success in itself. Yay! I’ll not bore…
OK, I admit that I’m generally pretty rubbish at math[s], but I think I’ve done the calculations right this time! You see, tomorrow morning is…
It’s Friday, April 29, 2011. It’s a date that will be remembered around the world as a commoner weds a prince in a faraway land.…
The Bloomsday 12K race organisers tell me (via email this morning) that I’m go for green for this weekend’s race. This makes me so happy…
It’s been two years since Paul died, leaving me here to live in this world without him. When we promised “Until death do us part”…
It’s been a hard day since the realisation that I will be leaving my house in less than three months. It’s so sad to know…
If you know me, you probably know that I am very sickened by all of this “Royal Wedding” mania. And I bet that you’ve maybe…
I’m sure you’ve gleaned by now that I’m very anxious and frightened about my future. And I bet some people wonder why I’m putting myself…
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned before what a massive gamble this new adventure of mine is. I’m leaving my job during one of the…
I whine a lot about all that I lost nearly two years ago when Paul died. And I’ll probably whine a lot more because I…
It was about a year ago when I first loaded music onto my nephew’s iPod. His mum didn’t (and still doesn’t) have iTunes so his…
Grief is one of those things you can’t really explain to someone who hasn’t gone through it. Even those of us who’ve experienced extreme grief…
People bond over the strangest things. Take, for example, my foster daughter and my ANT* Elizabeth (AE) who met for the first time on Sunday.…
Maybe you’ve heard me say it before, but when Paul died people said some pretty stupid things to me. And maybe you’ve also heard me…