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Surprised by Joy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Life is so wonderful that I am often surprised by joy. Despite the doom sayers, pessimists and the overly politically correct, I believe it is still a beautiful world.
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What is your love language?
Reading Time: 3 minutes We all have a predominant love language that makes us feel loved and if our partner or parent uses this well guess what, we feel loved! That is wonderful, isn’t it? If we all feel more loved we will be less grudging, less spiteful, less vengeful etc and the world will…
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Enigmatic Elizabeth von Arnim, a woman of mystery
Reading Time: 5 minutes Elizabeth von Arnim was an enigmatic woman of mystery and myths mostly of her own creation. Her extraordinary life story reads like a fancifully constructed novel. It is hard to believe so much happened to a woman who was born in the then backwater colonial Sydney in the late nineteenth century.
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Camilla’s Journey to the throne
Reading Time: 5 minutes We know heaps about Charles, Diana and the Sussexes but what about Camilla the new Queen Consort? I decided to make an attempt at understanding Camilla, the new Queen Consort to King Charles III. Who is the real Camilla, the woman who unintentionally took the journey to the throne of Britain?
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Who were the other two King Charles?
Reading Time: 4 minutes King Charles III has been the longest serving heir apparent, a title that he held from 3-years-old. He is now the oldest person in Britain to ascend to a throne. He is also the third British king called Charles. Who were the other two?
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The long-awaited coronation of King Charles
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Britain the excitement is building for the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. Who’s coming, who’s not, what will the royals wear, what will they eat, who will make it onto the balcony?
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Did you miss these?
Reading Time: 4 minutes In case you missed these posts when they first uploaded, here they are again, a few at a time. A year on, and with 250 posts now available on Whisperingencouragement.com, you could easily have missed some of our most popular posts at their time of posting.
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Who was Mary Quant?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dame Mary Quant was an iconic fashion designer of the 1960s. She sadly died this week at 93 in the UK. But what a life she had. What influence and style she had. And I bet she had a lot of fun designing those scandalous mini dresses that shocked our mothers.
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The Terrific Tupperware Party Women
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tupperware is just plastic, isn’t it? Maybe, but there is more to it than that. Tupperware has an interesting back story. So, hang in if interested. Tupperware has seen its glory days and is suffering in the modern day due to competition, issues with direct sales and company financial missteps. But…
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Baking for comfort. A Biscuit anyone?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Baking is a comfort activity and eating the result is also comforting. Baking is a comfort activity and eating the result is also comforting.
