What positive emotion do you feel most often? I find this quite a hard question to answer. Not that I don't have positive emotions, but that there's quite a range and not one more than another. I think, excitement. I like having things to look forward to, and I enjoy doing new things. I like... Continue Reading →

Create an emergency preparedness plan. I recently watched a programme where the daughter of this woman was kidnapped. The mum only knew that something was wrong because, just the second before it happened, the daughter sent a one word text message. She was just using her phone to call the police before the kidnapper took... Continue Reading →

What is a word you feel that too many people use? Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like...

What brings you peace? https://kinkajousreadtoo.design.blog/2023/08/07/1213/ This is an earlier blog prompt post that I answered, thinking about what brings me joy and happiness. I said: "...people I can relax and laugh with; being in sunlight; watching animals play; listening to and making music; watching films; reading and being creative." I think peace is probably pretty... Continue Reading →

What profession do you admire most and why? After living through a pandemic, I think we have all come to realise how much we admire a little thought of profession: one that rarely gets mentioned; one that we only need when we need them; one that we just assume will be there; one that is... Continue Reading →

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? It's interesting reading other people's responses, most seem to be either coffee shops or bookshops or a normal or unnormal combination of both. Perhaps, because as customers, we like the peace of these places to ruminate and cogitate and relax and escape... Continue Reading →

What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? A true sense of purpose. However, I just read an extract from something Kurt Vonnegut was saying about talking to his wife. Apparently, his thoughts are that we actually on Earth to 'fart about'... so I deduce that the real answer is... Continue Reading →

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I answer this hopefully on my homepage. I'm doing this for teachers: to give them knowledge of great children's books to use in the primary classroom.