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National Dog Day
The two beautiful dogs in the headline picture, sadly no longer with us, gave my family and me endless hours if fun and entertainment and it pleases me to be…
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World Oceans Day – 8th June
World Oceans Day is an annual global observance held on June 8th to raise awareness about the importance of the oceans and promote sustainable management and protection of marine resources.…
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Tokyo Olympics – 2021
It was in 1964 that I was first glued to the television set watching black and white grainy pictures of swimming, athletics and boxing from the first Olympics held in…
Posted inHashtag Holidays Personal Read A Book Day
Read A Book Day on 6th September
I posted a while ago about the hashtag calendar (https://davethomasonline.com/blog/creating-relevancy-with-your-blog-posts/) and made a pledge to myself to try and write a couple of posts a month utilising the various opportunities…
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Why Am I Not Successful?
I join winning programmes, I follow the instructions TO THE LETTER, but I am not successful. I know it can’t be the programme I am following such as the John…
Posted inFood for Thought Personal Self-Help
Food For Thought – The Mayonnaise Jar
I know many, if not most, of you will have seen this in one version or another over the years, but I still think it worth seeing again so please…
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Food For Thought – Who Does It?
After the post last week, https://davethomasonline.com/blog/food-for-thought-the-indispensable-man/, I dug out another simple, but humourous story that illustrates the need for communication. I've looked for the author of this, but their name…
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Food For Thought – The Indispensable Man
I was clearing out some old boxes of papers in the garage the other day and came across this wonderful poem (and a real poem in that the words rhyme…
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Revisiting VE Day
Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) day when the German Army surrendered to the Allied forces in Hamburg in 1945. It was not the end of…
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Adapt, Survive & Thrive
I thought in the present world situation this made quite a good and potent headline. It resonates with what most people and even governments are thinking about the future once…