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What is the legacy you want to leave behind?

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How do you feel about cold weather?

Blue Cold

Have you ever broken a bone?

Why yes….In my best Mae West voice..”.I gave a man a  look, and he lost his  boner”

How do you balance work and home life?

Absolutely chilled out from my holiday and looking forward to whatever the daily challenges will be.

What sacrifices have you made in life?

For fifteen years after my first dog passed, I  decided against getting another companion animal,even though “Silver” had been brilliant, and it was heartbreaking not to have him. I knew that I was going to be by myself and working full-time, so it wasn’t fair.

I sacrificed what I must say now is an essential and enjoyable part of my life. I made the right decision, however ,as I really did not have the wherewithal to look after a dog.I wish more people realised this before jumping in both feet to acquire one.They need you and they need your time.

I’m pleased to say that once my partner and I were in a position to spend the time,money, and effort in having a dog.Tedi came into our lives and he is nothing like “Silver” but he is a brilliant dog too.

However,being dogless all those years was a sacrifice, which I’m glad I made.

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?

I wear it all the time,except when I’m at work,my grandma’s bracelet.It is well over 100 years old, and even  at the time my grandfather bought it for her it was an expensive piece.

I don’t even know how I was given it,my mum must have passed it on to me when she was alive. I’ve had it valued. its cartage is high, so  I asked the jeweller to put a safety chain on it as the clasp is quite worn. I feel safe wearing it now, and because it’s almost pure gold, it won’t make a mark on my wrist.

When my grandmother  (known as nanny) was young and courting ,things were much harder for people, and she would have had a small wrist. So I’m pleased the bracelet fits me,the style of it helps as it’s not round but elliptical.

There is a pattern on the top side of it,and this has worn through time ,which, of course, makes it more valuable to me.It reminds me of her as I remember staying with her for the whole of one summer,she had the most lovely birthday party for me,I must have been about five.

Dublin was our safety net, and I now know my parents were concerned as 1960’s tenement Glasgow was not a good place to be,so I was packed off.

It also makes me think how much my grandfather loved her,he was a Cooper at Guiness’s, which must have been a very good job at the time.He gave her an expensive  piece of jewellery which has proved stylish and  timeless and helps me remember many happy times. Isn’t it funny what love can do?

Are you a leader or a follower?

I once met a girl who said she was a natural follower.It’s a valid point,she had been in a managerial position three months and hated it so much that she asked for a transfer to her previous position in another area .

Her company asked if she would be willing to be a floating manager,covering sickness as she had the ability and the skills etc,but hated leading or being seen to lead a team of people she knew .In other words, her team of followers had not acted as followers at all but were instead would be leaders.Hence the girl had had a miserable time managing her team.

In the end, she loved being a floating manager because she could do what she was good at without having to manage a team of people who she knew and who thought they knew her.

Following on from that humble example, we have dictators,as per the current situation in Tunisia,where the “laws” of Tunisia have been overturned in order to facilitate “change” in the country.Basically what the President says goes.

In Tunisia today  , someone thinks they are a leader,but they can only lead by force or by undermining the constitution of that country .It is potentially very dangerous to believe you have “the right” to lead,particularly for those who oppose your leadership and are no longer protected by the laws of the country.

All the financial ,health ,and  business  scandals in  the UK where I live and that have  been unearthed  so far have been leader led.

These scandals ,for example  Dido Harding “Test and Trace”, Robert Maxwell “Pension Funds Scandal”to mention  two.

Billions of Public Money frittered away so that  one individual can get a benefit either for themselves, or their friends or  their family.

The interesting thing is that these are figure head leaders,bogey men, and bogey women.Put in that position to do the dirty work and then  blamed and pilloried and held up as an example.

Leadership in the UK is on the whole faceless and nameless.Things happen, and you never quite know why.That is not healthy either. No one can be accountable, yet our fate is decided.

I suspect these non-leaders follow no one but themselves and are actually convinced that nameless,unaccountable control is a valid aim and that no one would follow them anyway,but they know what’s best for us public and our purses.

So,yes, neither a Leader or Follower be if you want to get ahead or indeed keep your head.

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

I love sausages,so to motivate me to eat fruit,I make my five favourite sausages,because generally I find fruit rather boring.

I buy the skin of the sausages on the Internet, and this has been very much a trial and error process.However,I now have the perfect vegetarian gelatin based skin to use with my sausage making machine.

So my favourites are

Banana Sausage

Strawberry Sausage

Tomato Sausage

New Zealand Kiwi Sausage

Blueberry Sausage.

I make one batch flavour a day and freeze them.I aim to have my five favourite flavours each day and cook them many ways. I never get bored with them.

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

She tweaked it, and suddenly the  blossom fell.

“That’s Blossom! “she thought to herself.Some petals fell to the ground, and she gathered them up and took them home to make the most delectable perfume. The other petals she left on the ground as the flowers had seed in them and would make blossom next year.

The End and the Beginning she thought.

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life.

There is no special someone.Everyone I’ve met,everything I’ve read, and everyone I might meet has,does, and will have an impact on me.All positive because we communicate and learn from each other.

Even the worst evil can have a positive impact as the world turns against it and reminds us that we can stop it when we choose to.

We are creatures who communicate.