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Posted on7 November 20172 October 2020Academic Life, Everyday Life, Travel & Adventure

DC in a nutshell

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I spent last week in Washington, DC for an academic conference. But as luck would have it, I was able to catch up with several friends…

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Posted on14 August 201630 September 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Fostering love

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My life was forever changed on the day I opened up my home—and my heart—to a young girl who needed me. The year that followed…

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Posted on24 September 201411 November 2020Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Pride to the power of 10

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My friend, LA, introduced me to “The Bliss Scandal” so I decided I’d sign up and see what it was all about. To be completely honest, I…

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Posted on20 February 201426 September 2020Everyday Life

So long, 30s!

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Today is my last day of my 30s, so it seems appropriate to reflect on the decade in preparation for the start of my 40s.…

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Posted on7 July 201216 September 2020Academic Life

Dissertation month update; Part 2

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Dissertation month continues! As does my progress. The biggest part of this week’s work has been transcribing and re-reading interview materials, but I’ve also managed to…

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Posted on26 May 20121 October 2020Everyday Life

Quiet-ness

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I’ve been quiet again. (Still?) So I feel that I should pop in and say hello, since so often I’m quiet when life is hard…

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Posted on13 December 201115 September 2020Everyday Life

Making do; Part 2

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Back in November I talked about the practice of “making do” in my efforts to host a Thanksgiving dinner for friends. I was really pleased…

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Posted on16 October 201115 September 2020Everyday Life

Chalk it up to intelligence

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Since the beginning of June, I’ve been a bit remiss about organising my digital files. I think I got a bit crazy with my foster…

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Posted on23 June 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

I’ve got spirit, yes I do!

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Today I had lunch with a couple of ladies from the state’s foster care office—one was the woman who licenced me and Paul nearly three…

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Posted on20 June 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

Subtracted

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Last August I wrote a post titled Plus One, and for the months between then and now my life was thrown into this weird world…

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Posted on19 June 201122 October 2020Everyday Life

Music lessons; take three

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When my foster daughter first came to stay with me, we fell into a habit of listening to the radio on the drives to and…

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Posted on17 June 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

Waiting

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I’m waiting—we’re waiting that is—for a flight to take off in Denver so that we can head to the airport to pick up one of…

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Posted on11 June 201112 November 2020Everyday Life

Horsin’ around

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Like many girls her age, my foster daughter is a horse freak. I mean, she gets really, really, really, excited about the idea of horses.…

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Posted on31 May 201113 September 2020Everyday Life, Widow Life

Who am I really talking to?

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My lovely foster daughter is getting ready for a major life change and I’m amazed at how well she’s handling it. (Or how well she’s…

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Posted on23 May 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

Monday swirls

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It has been an emotionally and physically exhausting couple of days. From an out-of-the-blue emotional crash on Friday, to marking the anniversary of my marriage…

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Posted on14 May 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

The dressing room

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The thing I hate most about buying clothes (second only to parting with money) is trying on clothes. I hate trying on clothes. I hate it…

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Posted on1 May 201122 September 2020Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness

A bloomin’ recap

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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…

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Posted on30 April 201114 September 2020Fitness & Exercise

13295 + 48065 = Team Awesome

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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…

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Posted on7 April 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

Sudoku and swords

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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.…

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Posted on3 April 201113 September 2020Everyday Life

Growing up

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Well, it’s been a week since my foster daughter planted her fairy garden and I have to say I was sceptical as to if anything…

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Just Frances is a silly and pointless website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances.

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