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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nostalgia

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to December’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. It’s that time of the year when we rush home to avoid the dark, think about Christmas festivities and, as the month closes, have some nostalgia for the year that’s coming to an end. My page today reflects quite a lot of these ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Recognising Difference

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to November’s Thoughtful Tuesday page, continuing on the theme of ‘Difference.’ I was looking at an old photo with my granddaughter recently and was interested to see how she recognised family members, even though their appearances have changed: going from beard to clean shaven and from long ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Difference

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to October’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. As I write, I’m seeing autumn creeping in to take the place of summer, and know that the dark days and nights, drop in temperature and blustery winds are here to stay for a while. I must get around to planting my ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Place And Memory

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By Eithne Cullen In my previous pages looking at our theme of Change, I've featured writing about memory, faces and places and forgetting. For today's page, I've asked people to send something about place and memory. I’d like to start with a rather sentimental poem of my own, which examines the emotions ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Change

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for July. I’m going to be sharing a lot of writing about change, our current theme here at Write On! I’d like to start with some writing about a massive change: the change of moving from one country to another, one culture to ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Overcoming Mental Health & Exams

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for June. I’m continuing into June with some ideas I started exploring in May, with ‘Overcoming’ as our theme. It’s also exam season month and, as such, I also have a couple of pieces from younger writers. In a continuation for May’s Mental Health ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Continuing To Overcome

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to May’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Continuing our theme of Overcoming in this issue, I have an eclectic mix of writing for you to enjoy. Let’s start with some good news. If you’ve been reading Write On! from the start, you’ll know I interviewed Barbara Nadel for the very ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Overcoming

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to April’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. With the current theme of ‘Overcoming’ and a reminder that April is National Poetry Month, let me start with an image of spring. I’m always delighted to see the spring flowers emerge, especially the bulbs in my garden. These tulips are a reminder ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Endings

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to March’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. If you read my page in February, you’ll remember it was all about beginnings. So, in keeping with our theme of Beginnings And Endings, I’m using today’s page to share some endings. They cover endings of places that meant a lot, a ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Romantic Beginnings

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By Eithne Cullen The theme of beginnings and endings carries on in our pages for the start of 2024 and, with St Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought I’d have a look at some beginnings which tie in with February’s romantic theme. If, like me, you watched the rom-com The Holiday this Christmas, ...