Rhyme and No Reason!

Blogger, author and rhymester who likes to find the humour in life.

VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN — May 19, 2016

VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN

Sacha Black's avatarSacha Black

VOTE NOWThis is it. The waiting is finally over.

The Bloggers Bash Awards are now open for voting.

We had a HUGE number of nominations, over 350, so thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.

Voting Closes June 9th at 12pm. The winners will be announced on June 11th at the Bash. If you can’t make it then a winners post will go live at 5:15pm on June 11th.

Choose carefully, you can only vote ONCE per category. There are 10 awards, (so it’s a long post) make sure you vote in them all.

Good luck to all the nominees.

Disclaimer: The committee has done their best to coordinate the nominations and to ensure, where possible, we gave nominees a choice of which category they wanted to be in. Due to time constraints and limited resources this may not have always been possible.

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VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN —

VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN

Get your votes in now! I am just about to cast mine. How exciting this is, and even more so for me as I am nominated for Best Dressed Blog How thrilling is that? It seems that some of you think my favourite colour is pretty too! 🙂

Sacha Black's avatarSacha Black

VOTE NOWThis is it. The waiting is finally over.

The Bloggers Bash Awards are now open for voting.

We had a HUGE number of nominations, over 350, so thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.

Voting Closes June 9th at 12pm. The winners will be announced on June 11th at the Bash. If you can’t make it then a winners post will go live at 5:15pm on June 11th.

Choose carefully, you can only vote ONCE per category. There are 10 awards, (so it’s a long post) make sure you vote in them all.

Good luck to all the nominees.

Disclaimer: The committee has done their best to coordinate the nominations and to ensure, where possible, we gave nominees a choice of which category they wanted to be in. Due to time constraints and limited resources this may not have always been possible.

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VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN —

VOTE NOW! Annual Bloggers Bash Awards NOW OPEN

Get your votes in now! I am just about to cast mine. How exciting this is, and even more so for me as I am nominated for Best Dressed Blog How thrilling is that? It seems that some of you think my favourite colour is pretty too! 🙂

Sacha Black's avatarSacha Black

VOTE NOWThis is it. The waiting is finally over.

The Bloggers Bash Awards are now open for voting.

We had a HUGE number of nominations, over 350, so thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.

Voting Closes June 9th at 12pm. The winners will be announced on June 11th at the Bash. If you can’t make it then a winners post will go live at 5:15pm on June 11th.

Choose carefully, you can only vote ONCE per category. There are 10 awards, (so it’s a long post) make sure you vote in them all.

Good luck to all the nominees.

Disclaimer: The committee has done their best to coordinate the nominations and to ensure, where possible, we gave nominees a choice of which category they wanted to be in. Due to time constraints and limited resources this may not have always been possible.

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Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – Obsession. — May 18, 2016

Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – Obsession.

I am taking part in Ronovan and Colleen’s Writers Quote Wednesday Challenge, and this week we have been given ‘obsession’ as our prompt word.
I felt that the following quote by sculptor, Henry Moore, pretty much sums up how I feel, and will be the subject of my poem.

“The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.”

-Henry Moore

 

I have a bit of a problem

That I really ought to confess

Whenever I find a new hobby

I suddenly start to obsess!

First of all, it was sewing

I spent loads of money on that

But sadly, most of my creations

Were nothing better than tat!

I also get caught up in knitting

Stockpiling mountains of wool

With so many projects unfinished

I really am such a fool!

I had a go at card making

Buying up lots of supplies

I made a card for my daughter

After five or six tries!

And then I discovered blogging

As a way to cope with depression

I have slowly formed an addiction

And have yet another obsession!

Camera Shy! — May 17, 2016

Camera Shy!

My husband bought me a camera

To try to improve on my skills

You see, I am a point and press girl

Nothing fancy, no frills!

This one is rather larger

Than the phone that I normally use

With dials and buttons and lenses

About which I don’t have a clue!

I couldn’t wait to start using it

And snapped at all in my sight

Playing with all of the settings

And fiddling about with the light!

It has its own little knapsack

Where I can pack it away

Jammed in with all its accessories

Zipped up so it will stay

Then I see a bird in the garden

Oh, look at it hopping about

Now his wife’s come to join him

Time for the camera to come out

Because I didn’t want to break it

I eased it out from the case

But, the birds have now scarpered

A photo shoot, gone to waste!

I went to a local beauty spot

Practising shot after shot

Trying out all of the settings

Pleased with the photos I’d got

I went to put them all on computer

And then something went horribly wrong

All of my beautiful pictures

Had just disappeared and had gone!

 

 

 

 

Need cheering up, then read on! — May 16, 2016

Need cheering up, then read on!

There are times when we could all do with a laugh or two. Life can be pretty tough-going at times, with all of the expectations that we (and others) put upon ourselves. Health, financial or relationship problems don’t help either, and can really drag us down.

Sometimes, a few minutes away from all the worry can do the world of good, especially if those few minutes are spent with a smile on your face. Well, this is where I (hopefully) come in!

My book ‘Rhymes of the Times’ is filled with lots of poems in mostly verse and rhyme format.  I feel that this is a much more upbeat and fun form of poetry, and can be read quickly and easily. The book’s cover is a bright and cheery, sunny yellow colour to lighten the mood (thank you Chris), and is filled with all sorts of fun and nonsense, to transport you out of the gloom for a while and take you to somewhere where you can feel all warm and fuzzy!

My book has so far received nine 5 star reviews on Amazon (UK&US combined), and has been referred to as ‘poetically perfect,’ ‘lighthearted and lovely’ and ‘quirky British humour.’

Why not give it a try, you’ll be glad you did!

Saturday Evening Interview 5-14-16 — May 15, 2016

Saturday Evening Interview 5-14-16

Lisa A.'s avatarLife of an El Paso Woman

Hi everyone! I hope your Saturday and weekend are going well! Today I’m introducing you to U.K. blogger and poet Judy Martin from “Edwina’s Episodes.” Judy released her first book of poetry, “Rhymes of the Times” in March. I want to thank Judy very much for agreeing to an interview on Life of an El Paso Woman on such SHORT notice. Judy is here to discuss her blog, family, new book, etc. You can check out/follow her blog here. Please help me welcome her to Life of an El Paso Woman.
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ME: When did your blog, “Edwina’s Episodes” begin? How would you summarize your blog? I started my blog ‘Edwina’s Episodes’ at the end of 2014. I suffer from depression and my sister suggested that blogging would be a great way for me to release some of my feelings. I didn’t even know what a blog was really, but decided to…

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Pub Grub for Carnivores. —

Pub Grub for Carnivores.

The Sunday dinner

for those with huge appetites,

go for Big Piggy

 

For only ten pounds

No vegetarians here

-A carnivore’s delight!

 

After all that food

something to wash it all down

Blueberry and lime?

 

First blog post —
Welcome to my brand new website. — May 14, 2016

Welcome to my brand new website.

Hello everyone and welcome to my brand spanking  new website!

I decided that I needed another website that is separate from my blog Edwina’s Episodes where I can talk more about my book and poems. As you can see, I have kept the look of this website very close to my blog, just so that you know you are in the right place! Plus I love the colours and vibrancy of this theme and I feel it suits me very well.

If anyone who has read my book would like to leave me a review or testimonial, I have a page where you can do so here

I hope you will enjoy your visit and as always, I love to hear from you.

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