"I like it, Wild Canary! My thing is that you can behave how you want wherever you are(well, maybe aside from red lights...)"
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Wild Canary commented on Lorraine Jenkin's blog post Living the rural dream? Get a life..."lol We made the transition for my health. There is lots of work and it is basic, dirty and constant. We love our neighbors, many with Welsh names. Many times others have come from the city and complain about this or that and put lights…"
Ceri Shaw commented on Lorraine Jenkin's blog post Living the rural dream? Get a life..."lol...I'm a happy suburbanite...if there is such a word...the countryside is good for picnics though"
Lorraine Jenkin posted a blog postLiving the rural dream? Get a life...
I seem to be reading more and more about living the rural dream - people who apparently exist like manic fools in the city suddenly thinking everything will be different if they have a werp living a field away from them. They suddenly think that they will start talking to their neighbours if they move - be it to Spain or to a quaint Cornish fishing village.Can I just mention a few things:1. you don't need to live in rural Spain to shop every day with a basket and buy fruit.2. You can wear a…See More
Lorraine Jenkin's blog post was featured"Miss, your drawings are rubbish," said the four-year-old girl.
Today was St David 's day and also World Book Day, and to help celebrate both, I'd been invited along to the local school to do a turn as Local Author. I'd decided that the thing to do was to invent a story with each class with a Welsh theme.I got there and was hoping to see a flip chart and a selection of colour pens. Instead I was presented with a load of four and five year olds sitting on a carpet watching me look stupid as i did battle with the white board that they mastered on day one.I…See More
Lorraine Jenkin posted a blog post"Miss, your drawings are rubbish," said the four-year-old girl.
Today was St David 's day and also World Book Day, and to help celebrate both, I'd been invited along to the local school to do a turn as Local Author. I'd decided that the thing to do was to invent a story with each class with a Welsh theme.I got there and was hoping to see a flip chart and a selection of colour pens. Instead I was presented with a load of four and five year olds sitting on a carpet watching me look stupid as i did battle with the white board that they mastered on day one.I…See More
Lorraine Jenkin's blog post was featuredThe Future Women of Wales...
There are times when all we hear about the youth of today is how obese / malnurished they are and how they spend all their time sitting in front of computer games, eating Toffee Crisps and cyber bullying each other. It's quite depressing to know that if you send your kids out to play in the streets, they'll probably get squashed by a massive timber lorry, savaged by a pit bull terrior or someone will ring the police to report that they're skipping in a funny way.Therefore it did my heart good…See More
Lorraine Jenkin's blog post was featuredThe Future Women of Wales...
There are times when all we hear about the youth of today is how obese / malnurished they are and how they spend all their time sitting in front of computer games, eating Toffee Crisps and cyber bullying each other. It's quite depressing to know that if you send your kids out to play in the streets, they'll probably get squashed by a massive timber lorry, savaged by a pit bull terrior or someone will ring the police to report that they're skipping in a funny way.Therefore it did my heart good…See More
gaabi commented on Lorraine Jenkin's blog post The Future Women of Wales..."I love this! Especially your description of wild girls, flying down the ice and snow "with blood-curdling cries"! My daughter is ten and I was really happy the other day when her grandmother asked if she was pretending…"
Ceri Shaw commented on Lorraine Jenkin's blog post The Future Women of Wales..."Diolch for posting Lorraine....sounds like it was a fun day. And thanks for reminding us nerds here at AC that we need to get out more "
Lorraine Jenkin posted a blog postThe Future Women of Wales...
There are times when all we hear about the youth of today is how obese / malnurished they are and how they spend all their time sitting in front of computer games, eating Toffee Crisps and cyber bullying each other. It's quite depressing to know that if you send your kids out to play in the streets, they'll probably get squashed by a massive timber lorry, savaged by a pit bull terrior or someone will ring the police to report that they're skipping in a funny way.Therefore it did my heart good…See More
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- About Me:
- I am an author who lives in Mid Wales. However, my first novel was written whilst walking through the wilds to reach Patagonia to practice my Welsh. By the time I got there, I had forgotten it all again...
My novels are set in village life in Mid Wales because this is my world and what makes me laugh. I live in a tiny house in a village with my partner, Huw and our three young girls. Oh, and my claim to fame is that I was on the radio with Roy Noble!
Hwyl fawr! Lorraine.
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Living the rural dream? Get a life...
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 4:06pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
I seem to be reading more and more about living the rural dream - people who apparently exist like manic fools in the city suddenly thinking everything will be different if they have a werp living a field away from them. They suddenly think that they will start talking to their neighbours if they move - be it to Spain or to a quaint Cornish fishing village.
Can I just mention a few things:
1. you don't need to live in rural Spain to shop every day with a basket and buy… Read more →
Can I just mention a few things:
1. you don't need to live in rural Spain to shop every day with a basket and buy… Read more →
"Miss, your drawings are rubbish," said the four-year-old girl.
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 3:40pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Today was St David 's day and also World Book Day, and to help celebrate both, I'd been invited along to the local school to do a turn as Local Author. I'd decided that the thing to do was to invent a story with each class with a Welsh theme.
I got there and was hoping to see a flip chart and a selection of colour pens. Instead I was presented with a load of four and five year olds sitting on a carpet watching me look stupid as i did battle with the white board that they mastered on… Read more →
I got there and was hoping to see a flip chart and a selection of colour pens. Instead I was presented with a load of four and five year olds sitting on a carpet watching me look stupid as i did battle with the white board that they mastered on… Read more →
The Future Women of Wales...
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:34pm 2 Comments 4 Likes
There are times when all we hear about the youth of today is how obese / malnurished they are and how they spend all their time sitting in front of computer games, eating Toffee Crisps and cyber bullying each other. It's quite depressing to know that if you send your kids out to play in the streets, they'll probably get squashed by a massive timber lorry, savaged by a pit bull terrior or someone will ring the police to report that they're skipping in a funny way.
Therefore it did…
Finally understanding the anti-capitalists
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:32pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
I have been trying to blog about the anti-capitalist
protestors since they first took up camp, but have held back until I had really
understood what they were about. It would have been too easy to mock them for
moaning about capitalism whilst sleeping in shop-bought tents and chatting on
mobile phones: wearing an itchy jumper does not remove you from being a cog in
a capitalist society.
At first I was scathing – if you inherently don’t…
Read more →Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:29am on December 12, 2011,
Brian y Tarw Llwyd said… Penblwydd Hapus i chi! Happy Birthday to you! May your day be full of good friends and family, and good cheer.
Pob hwyl
Brian
PS Please feel free to swap out your flower-head icon (upper left picture on your page) with some photo of you or of any Welsh ancestors or your environs... something meaningful to you which expresses to others something of who you are. It is fun and will only take a minute. Diolch!
- At 4:19am on April 2, 2011,
Rhianne Griffiths said… Hello Lorraine
Lovely to meet you here in the ether. I hope you will enjoy engaging with us here on Americymru.
How did you discover the site?
I'm just off to click on the link to your website to find out more about you. Mine links are posted on My Page and also on my LinkedIn Profile.
Hwyl Rhianne
aka @LadyBizBiz on Twitter
- At 7:39am on March 29, 2011, Brian y Tarw Llwyd said…
- Sut mae! Hail and well met! Croeso i AmeriCymru, soon to be your favorite website! Hopefully :-) Check out the various interest groups, and the videos and music... wonderful stuff. And there are a lot of nice people here too. If you find somethings you like here, and are on Facebook or in Twitter, invite your friends to join you and us at AmeriCymru. Hope you like what you find! Blessings to you this day -- Bendithion!
Brian y Tarw Llwyd
- At 12:46pm on March 28, 2011, Ceri Shaw said…
- Hi Lorraine ..... Portland Oregon here. Originally from Cardiff. Croeso i Americymru. Gaabriel and I created this site a few years ago as a social and friendship site for the Welsh, Welsh ex-pats, persons of Welsh descent and Cymruphiles around the world. It has grown considerably since its foundation and we would like to extend a warm welcome to you......our latest member. Feel free to invite any friends that you think would be interested in joining and please mention us to your Facebook and Twitter friends if you are on those networks. AmeriCymru has many features which allow people with a shared love of Wales to communicate and share photos, videos, links, blogposts etc and we will be adding new features from time to time. Make yourself right at home. Once again... Croeso!
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