Monthly Archives: January 2026

#HeadlineTherapy Three rescued searching for viral Highland cows

Thanks to Katie Waple of BBC News Online for the Headline

There’s a place called Buster Hill in Hampshire, England where occasionally some Highland Cows like to wander around as it ‘s their perfect terrain, full of gorse , the cows walk around daintily on their hooves and get some exercise. Enter humanity.On a bright summers day someone takes a picture of the Cows doing what cows like to do , chewing the cud and admiring the view and subsequently publish it on Social Media.

Towards the end of January this year, in declining weather conditions, three humans after discovering the Social Media Post decide to go searching for the cows in the wet and cold crossing wet gorse which is tangly underfoot with hidden hoof divets, excellent for hurting your ankle.

The three humans eventually realise it’s getting dark and cold and still no sign of the cows, so they contact Hampshire Fire and Rescue to rescue them from the pickle they’ve gotten themselves into . Dutifully they are rescued. Where were the cows? The cows were probably comfortably asleep in their barn, it is winter after all.

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Sit on the Dock of the Bay

Daily writing prompt
What would you do if you won the lottery?

I’d sit on the Dock of the Bay and think what boat I could buy, then I’d breathe deeply and wish I could write a song as good as Sitting on the Dock of the Bay and realise that money isn’t everything and a boat wouldn’t make me happy anyway.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

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#HeadlineTherapy Tearful goodbyes as Japan returns pandas to China amid worsening ties

Thanks to BBC Online News Kelly Ng and Shaimaa Khalil for the Headline

It’s not the Pandas it’s Taiwan. Sad to say humans have brought animals into their conflict again. Poor Pandas, having the life of Riley in Japan, they were born there and now they have to go back to China who seem just to use them in bargaining powers to get bigger and better trade deals. In all honesty if China had have left the Pandas alone they probably would be extinct by now, and the World Wildlife Fund wouldn’t have a motto. Hope the Japanese Pandas have a good life in China, I suppose the Chinese have been very good at breeding them.

Namaste and Thank You For Reading.🙏

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#HeadlineNews Crowborough: ‘Biggest protest yet’ as first migrants move into barracks

Thanks to ITV News for the Headline.

I’ve got to say what immediately struck me with this Headline was today, Tuesday 27th January, is Holocaust Remembrance Day. All victims of the Holocaust both Jew and non-Jew are remembered. I wish I could get the pictures of what happened during that period and what is still happening today into those protesters heads and the Politicians that support them.

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#HeadlineTherapy Lyons Facebook post ‘may have heightened tensions’ during riots

Thanks to Gareth Gordon and Jayne Mc Cormack , BBC News NI for the Headline.

While the Australians have banned 16 year olds, the French are considering banning them and British MP’s have raised a petition to ban 16 year olds from Social Media. Meanwhile some of the worst offenders are Politicians themselves , in this case the above Northern Ireland Minister was found responsible for using a Facebook post to “contribute to further unrest” with respect to immigration in Northern Ireland.

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So many books, so little time

Daily writing prompt
What books do you want to read?

So many books are essential reading, yet we have so little time.

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#HeadlineTherapy Netflix rejects Paramount’s offer; it has nothing else other than Oracle founder Larry Ellison’s…..

Thanks to Times of India Tech Desk for the Headline

I certainly didn’t realise that Warner Brothers Discovery was subject to a hostile bid that would potentially see a combining of franchises like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter with other Network successes perhaps of less artistic merit. The two protaganists are Paramount and Netflix, with Netflix leading the way with a cash bid , whereas Paramounts bid is seen as far too reliant on debt and leverage and the backing of Larry Ellison. It seems the world of creativity is being monetised and if we want to see the arts we’ll have to sign up and subscribe to the highest bidder.

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Christmas has gone out of fashion

Daily writing prompt
Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

I suppose it happens with all families. Suddenly children are entering teenage years and adulthood and Christmas just isn’t as easy as it used to be. No one wants to sit around a table eating so much they burst and presents have turned into a confused consumer trudge that some of us really cannot afford. Yes, we do enjoy seeing each other, but when you are trying to manage a budget you really could do with a quick Facebook Happy Christmas, and an extended lie in in bed. Not travelling 400 miles up the motorway in bad weather to sleep on Auntie Nellie’s couch with her flea ridden poodle. Thankfully in our family traditions develop and we adapt , nothing is set in stone anymore. Laughter is important and yes it’s fun to laugh at ridiculous traditions.

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#HeadlineTherapy ‘A natural partner’ : US treasury secretary weighs in on Alberta separatism

Thanks to BBC Online News and Jessica Murphy for the Headline

A right wing republican sees Alberta as the entry level for gaining a slice of Canada from a population willing to “separate”. He spouts this idea as there have been rumblings in Alberta that they need a pipeline to the Pacific and that there are moves afoot to have a referendum to separate from Canada. The idea though is independence from Canada and the USA, they just want to be able to supply oil to these Countries and need the infrastructure to achieve that. That is a lot different from saying we want to be the next American State.

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#HeadlineTherapy Greenland and the Bundeswehr: Why the Arctic matters for Germany

Thanks to Johanna Urbancik of EuroNews Online for the Headline.

Intrigued that the Bundeswehr(an army of the German Parliament) tasked with German National Defence, Nato alliance commitments and International Crisis Management deployed 15 of their (260,000)number on a reconnaissance mission to Greenland for 15 days and called them back 1 day earlier due to deteriorating weather conditions. Welcome to Greenland. Let’s face it it’s one of the most inhospitable places on earth and therefore one of the most beautiful. The Bundeswehr were part of a force which consisted of a number of Nato countries in Peace Time mode and their presence was purely to assess the terrain which they obviously did and decided to pack up early.

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