I started watching Christmas movies on the 15th of November 2020 and finished for this year on Christmas night. I managed to fit in exactly 100 Christmas Movies. Many of these movies are hallmark type movies which I love but some may not. I am not saying I recommend all of these movies but here are the list of Christmas movies I watched this year: 1 - 48 Christmas Wishes 2 - A Bad Mom's Christmas 3 - A Christmas Prince 4 - A Christmas Prince Royal Wedding 5 - A Christmas Prin

Ho, Ho, Ho, did you hear? Santa has two new reindeer Twins named Flaxen and Dixon Father Prancer, Mother Vixen Jingle Bells ring in joy For the little girl and boy Too young yet to pull the sleigh But they can’t wait for that day For now, North Pole is home But one day the two will roam To places far and wide Pulling the sleigh with presents inside Santa will call out their names With Rudolph they’ll play reindeer games They’ll get to fly across the sky And land on rooftops u

Flat rock juts Over cerulean ocean Cross legged, eyes closed Peace settles deep in my bones Bright spiral colours Open enticingly Spiritual vortex, divine doorway Universal connection awaits Mind chatter ceases Ancient secrets arise Heart unburdened, limitations expand Joy of Samadhi too close to bear Liquid, luminous eyes Searching my soul Hand reaching, soul touching Goddess encompasses me whole Eyes slowly open Return to the sea Essential transcendence, light radiates

I pick up my order at the Curry House My mouth watering in anticipation The aroma of turmeric and Cardamom Invade my senses and make me tingle with delight I almost drool as the first forkful approaches Hot, spicy, creamy on my dancing tongue I can hold back no longer shovelling mounds of pleasure down my burning throat into my expectant gullet Later I sit replete and smiling My Belly warm, joyous, full Suddenly gripped by indescribable pain the curry screams maniacally fro

Female castration is not a cultural tradition. It is an atrocity. History has long hidden the cruellest cut; excision of the clitoris under the veil of ethnic convention. This torturous mutilation of female genitalia has been preformed on over two hundred million women living in the world today in over thirty countries. Although touted in many of these countries as religious or cultural tradition the origin of this practice is not known, and no religious text specifically men

The words ramshackle and mansion didn’t usually go together but in this case both were true. It was an old Victorian which loomed over the sea and threatened each winter to fall into the bottomless chasm which lay at its feet. Salt-crusted bricks had faded to a rusted red and gables creaked in the wind threatening to decapitate gulls who came too close. When the wind blew waves lashed at the weary foundations eager to remove the eye-sore from its pristine shores. Cassie under

The world is somewhat fucked. We are a completely hypocritical bunch who espouse righteous indignation at others while revelling in our own immoral quagmire. Everywhere feminist flags are waved in support of our sisters but the minute they start achieving something one of the flag bearers themselves will take a pot shot at the unmentionable breast to make sure her bosom buddy remains below her on the non-existent totem pole of life. If a woman dares to feel confident in her i

I am a baby in a glass bubble I don’t want to be any trouble I am doing the best that I can I really don’t want to be a glass man In this world I want to be strong Is there a place where I will belong? I am afraid one day I will break Am I the universe’s one mistake? Harsh sounds, cruel words, violence I see Everything is too much for me My body can’t take it nor can my mind If this is the future, please leave me behind I do not wish to go outside In my bubble I will forev

My eyes are dim My joints are sore I can’t hear you anymore I use a frame What’s your name? Bunions constantly inflamed I need to Pee Endlessly Modern words all Greek to me Pills, I take galore What is this red one for? Doctors are getting to be a bore. Always slip Broke my hip Have a tendency to let one rip Chew a steak Wouldn’t that be great My favourite Jell-O is grape Climb the stairs I wouldn’t dare Thank god for reclining chairs Cold feet Now too much heat Hormon

Millie pulled out the ripe red radish and waved in the direction of her grandmother tending the new pea shoots. Grams was going strong at one hundred and fifty. Not unusual in this day and age where the only food you could get was macrobiotic and home-grown. Millie reflected sadly on the organically challenged decades which had preceded hers. How awful to have been forced fed genetically modified foods out of boxes flavoured with chemicals. Millie shuddered. She shook her hea

Sunlight filtered through verdant leaves creating a dappled effect on Avery’s black pin-striped pants. Sitting on a park bench she did the same as she had done every lunchtime for the last six months; people watched. There were the teenage lovers canoodling on the lawn, the lady who walked her poodle in stiletto’s, children playing on the swings, their mothers keeping a watchful eye while gossiping with friends and the old gardener with his floppy hat diligently tending the b

Murder your darlings The experts say No overly descriptive frilly prose Nothing ostentatious or grandiose Not too heavy on the expose That is not the proper way Don’t dangle your participles around Put that irregular preposition down Comma’s are not to be ignored Stop overusing metaphors Clichés should really not be found Adjectives should not abound ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ A metaphor, one might say Isn’t that one of those? It’s only Shakespeare What does

It is often said, by those around me, that whenever eat I make a mess. Regardless of whether my meal consists of pasta or simply an apple I manage to get it all over me. I have a different take on my eating habits; I am not messy I just experience my food rather than eat it. I wonder why anyone would only want to understand food on a functional level when food is such a tactile and visceral experience. When you eat a salad how can you fail to feel like spring has bloomed in y

In each generation in the house of Atreus blood flows with lies, deception and murder [1] . The Argive Elders in Agamemnon acknowledge pollution infects all living there but hold out hope for a better tomorrow. Three times in the parodos they intone “We cry, cry for death, but good win out for glory in the end. [2] ” This is the pivotal dilemma woven throughout The Oresteia. Due to the implementation of the first Athenian court at the end of Eumenides which ceases the cycle o

Do stiff knees, swollen joints and chronic pain stop you from enjoying your retirement? Could Acupuncture be the answer to getting back your life of leisure? Retirement is one of the joys of life where we look forward to doing the things we couldn’t do while working but this dream can only be lived if we are well which means feeling happy, engaged and content in all areas of life; socially, emotionally, psychologically, environmentally, spiritually and physically (Schuster

I hope this day finds you well I hope you're wonderful my friend For we shall be together Until the very end No matter what is thrown our way We shall not be torn apart For no earthly thing has the power to shake us Or to tear our love apart We can hike the tallest mountains Or swim the roughest seas But oh my precious love It will always be you and me Even when our bodies are taken To that place down below And our souls rise higher We will be together you know Even when the

According to eminent psychologist Abraham Maslow survival is the driving force for all animals including the human one; everything we do, every activity we engage in is predicated on its ability to help us survive and thrive in our environment. Due to this base instinct when we are faced serious injury or illness our fight or flight response kicks in. The fight or flight response is an automatic reaction that we have to fear; we either fight the foe or run from it which is al

Happiness is the ultimate goal for many but frequently individuals are surprised what they think will make them happy does not or not for long. This is because they are looking at happiness from one perspective; hedonic. Hedonic happiness is about feeling good in the moment. (Compton & Hoffman, 2012). Research shows that this leads to increased joy but only fleetingly and when the circumstances that created those feelings of pleasure are gone so is the happiness (Diener, Luca

Blood drips slowly from his gnarled white hands He wonders where he has been and who is dead when he arrives back home that wasn’t when he left He sits in his chair Alternately laughing and crying Bereft at the life he has taken Thrilled at committing the act He falls asleep Images flash through his mind Both wonderful and horrifying Sick and twisted deeds of a man forgotten yet remembered He wakes up smiling Puts on the kettle, whistles a happy tune And wonders what he shall

She was a princess and fair, it’s true But there was something obviously askew Her pendulous bosom hung down to her knees And caused all of the knights to flee The king cried, valiant knaves why do you run We fear those bags are too much fun Will no-one take my daughters hand? In response the smallest knight did stand I will do it, though I may be dealt a deadly blow But really what a way to go Crushed by bounteous bosoms I may be But I’ll face my death with glee