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Posted on10 October 202011 October 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

A stroll down Memory Lane

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Over the past two months I have gone back through every single one of the 1,400+ posts here on my blog, as part of the…

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Posted on15 February 202011 November 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Celebrating 10 years of JustFrances.com

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It has been 10 years since JustFrances.com entered the blogosphere, so I thought it was time for a reflective post to mark the milestone. After all, the average…

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Posted on27 June 201823 September 2020Health & Wellness

No, that’s not breast cancer either

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It was nearly five years ago that I first felt a lump in my breast and panicked about the possibility of cancer. At that time, a quick…

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Posted on24 September 201617 September 2020Travel & Adventure, Widow Life

With love from Zadar

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Note: This is one of a series of Zadar posts with photos. The other two are: Zadar: A Catholic girl’s paradise and Zadar: Everyday life for an everyday…

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Posted on25 July 201610 September 2020Everyday Life, Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness

I am broken

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It is official: I have my first-ever broken bone. It’s a wee avulsion fracture on my left ankle and it hurts like holy heck! And it’s all…

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Posted on22 June 201627 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Representations of me

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I attended a PhD workshop the other week. It was one of those touchy-feely things where they wanted to talk about coping strategies for balancing…

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Posted on16 May 201622 September 2020Academic Life, Musings & Ramblings

An undeserved first

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Last week was the School of Computing PhD Conference, where all PhD students were expected to present their research. It was a long, busy day—especially as I was…

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Posted on27 March 201622 September 2020Everyday Life

An Easter return

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Wow! What a madcap, crazy month it’s been! But I’m back now; I have returned! And on Easter, no less. Not that my return is…

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Posted on17 February 201628 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Dilapidated beauty

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With my birthday just around the corner, I am more aware than normal that I am getting older. I am ageing; I am becoming more…

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Posted on16 February 201628 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness

Defining happiness

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As I (slowly) make my way through Tal Ben-Shahar’s book “Happier”, I am faced with questions of just what happiness is. I know that I want happiness;…

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Posted on31 January 201621 September 2020Everyday Life

A letter challenge

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It’s that time of year again, so dust off your quills, fill up your ink wells, and grab your parchment—or at the very least, find…

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Posted on17 December 201524 November 2020Everyday Life

Gastropod grief

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It started a little over a year ago. Every few days, I would wake up and there would be faint, shimmering lines on the carpet…

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Posted on9 December 20157 October 2020Everyday Life

A quick hello

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Hello, dear Just Frances readers! It’s been a while since I’ve shared a post so I thought I’d pop in and let everyone know I’m…

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Posted on24 September 201524 September 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

The love point

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Once again, National Punctuation Day is upon us. And that means I am going to talk about one of my favourite things—punctuation! But I’m going to change…

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Posted on31 July 201512 November 2020Musings & Ramblings

Blue moon demands

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I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but my parents were really mean when I was growing up. As in they were so mean that they…

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Posted on28 July 201527 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings, Travel & Adventure

Making plans

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I’ve talked a few times about my desire to build healthy routines for myself, to get out and be more active, and, of course, to prioritise myself a bit lot more. And I’m…

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Posted on14 July 201528 September 2020Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Dress like today is important

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Over the last several months, I got into the habit of wearing jeans most days. And that slowly led to jeans and a casual top.…

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Posted on6 July 201512 November 2020Everyday Life

Lost and found

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I had a meeting in town today, and on the way back to my office I managed to get a little lost when I took…

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Posted on2 July 201529 September 2020Musings & Ramblings

Happy things

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It’s day two of Journaling July and I’m running out of time to journal. Worse, I don’t really have anything to journal about. So, I thought I’d…

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Posted on1 July 201523 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness

Journaling July

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Regular Just Frances readers may have noticed that I haven’t been writing on a regular basis lately. In fact, they may have noticed that I’ve…

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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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