sheilanewton

@sheilanewton (58)

Age 74

Joined myLot 12 years ago

Live life to the full - it's all you've got.

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sheilanewton's Discussions

Writing on the internet used to make me happy - but now it doesn't!

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 12 Oct 12

I think I must have overdone this thing with joining lots of writing sites and trying hard to keep up with myriad friend messages and posting at least once a week. In fact I busted a gut trying to keep up - until I burned out. I...

online writing

writing

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For the first time EVER, we're going back!

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 10 Aug 12

We were in the Gambia in March just gone. And we've booked to go there next March. It's the first time we've ever repeated a holiday. Same destination - same hotel. Usually I say after a holiday - "Well, that was brilliant, but...

gambia

holiday destinations

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Sun-bathing Kitties

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 10 Aug 12

My two cats love to sun-bathe, especially on my sun-lounger. One sits at the top and one at the bottom, sprawled out so there's no room left for me! Who else has cats that enjoy doing the things we humans do in the garden, rather...

cats

garden

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Anyone been watching 'Prime Suspect USA'? I'm hooked!

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 22 Jul 12

The main character, a female detective, is a superb actress. And so is the guy who plays her widower dad. Every week, there's a new murder to solve - great whodunnits. I'm completely hooked. What a professionally put-together...

crime drama

prime suspect usa

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Camp NaNoWriMo begins in June

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 17 May 12

I've talked about NaNoWriMo in another discussion. It's an annual event that invites writers to write 50000 words of their novels in the month of November. And what a great umbrella it is to work in - structure, daily word...

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Patio tubs and baskets full of trailing annuals

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 8 May 12

Who else spends a fortune on annual plants to fill their patio areas? I must admit I do! Planting trailing petunias and lobelia, setting sweet peas to crawl up trellis - oh, it looks magical. I do it every year for the summer,...

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Tubs and baskets filled with trailer petunias and lobelia

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 8 May 12

I'm nearly at the end of tubbing up and putting trailers in baskets for this season. I do it every year for the summer, even though I've already got a substantial - and colourful - garden. I fill the patio and the walls full to...

Growing Pumpkins

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 30 Apr 12

This year I bought a grow-pot of pumpkin seeds. I don't have a vegetable patch. I just grow veggies in tubs and pots and in grow-bags. Does anybody know if I'd be able to get a decent crop of pumpkins using a large pot or a grow...

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I'll Get that Novel Finished, if it's the Last Thing I do!

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 29 Apr 12

Being a big procrastinator, I kept meaning to get further than Chapter 3 of my novel last year. Then I heard about NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month - last November. I took up the challenge to write 50,000 words - and i did...

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Gambia - the Smiling Coast of Africa

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 26 Apr 12

Just back from a brilliant trip to Gambia. Pity it was only for ten days - but I'll be back for sure. If you're into wildlife and birdwatching - it's for you. If you're after history - it's for you. If you just want to lie on the...

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Stephen King's 'Gunslinger' Series

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 25 Apr 12

i reckon that Stephen King's Gunslinger Series is his best work ever. I can even compare it favourably to the 'Lord of the Rings' by Tolkien. The characters, the descriptions of person and place, the plots, the sub-plots - are...

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