Manchester
My Manchester Poem
Today, I'm inviting you to visit My Manchester via a poem I wrote in 2018. Watch this video to hear me read it, or scroll down for the text version of My Manchester. My Manchester I'm a Manchester girl, born and bred Half this city's Blue, the other half's Red Uni's galore, to expand your mind Student bars…
local library
What Does Your Local Library Offer? – 1 Answer
Today I'm sharing info on what your local library offers. It’s day 8 of Blogtober. It is #LibrariesWeek, therefore today's prompt is "hearing them read..." Rather than talking about reading,  specifically; I'm taking today as an opportunity to discuss the other things our local library offers. We live in Salford, and our local library is in…
growing out my grey hair
Growing out my grey hair – 1 Honest Journey
I figured it was about time I share my growing out my grey hair! journey. Today is day 7 of Blogtober, and the theme is Gross Motor Skills in honour of Dyspraxia Awareness Week. Honestly, I don't really know enough about Dyspraxia to write a blog post on it, so instead, I have chose my…
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11 Interesting Badger Facts
Today I'm sharing 11 Interesting Badger Facts, in honour of it being National Badger Day. Today's prompt for day 6 of Blogtober is Forest Animals. With that in mind, I’ve decided to put together a list of 11 interesting badger facts.... how many did you know? Interesting Badger Facts: 1). A male Badger is called a…
special teacher - words
Blogtober Day 5 – A Special Teacher
Today is world teachers day, so of course Blogtober's prompt of the day is Education. I'm going to share the story of a special teacher, who made a massive difference to my life. Back when I was in year 4, (or 2nd year Juniors), I had a teacher called Mrs Roach. I’d had a lot of…
2 Honest Poems to my Parents
Today I'm sharing 2 poems to my parents. They both passed away years ago now, and I wrote the poems to try to process the grief of losing them so suddenly. I’ve written a few poems over the years, over on my other blog. With it being National Poetry Day today, I thought I'd share…
our first date
Our First Date
I don’t talk much about my hubby over here, but maybe it’s time I changed that. When better to start than today - national boyfriend day. (OK, OK... day 3 of Blogtober’s theme is Couples, so that may have twisted my arm, really)! I figured I’d talk about our first date, and the early part…
about me
Blogtober day 1 – All About Me
When I heard about Blogtober, I knew I had to join in. The idea is: Mandi over at Big Family Chaos has put together a list of daily prompts. I write a blog post each day, based on that day's prompt. (The full list is at the bottom of this post). Today's prompts were, "All…
business and blog
3 Easy Ways To Earn Money From A New Blog
GirlsGospel has been online since 28th June 2018. That's just over 3 months (or 14 weeks if you want to be precise). I've been blogging for much longer though, so already had an idea of how I could earn money from a new blog. My own blogging journey started in 2009, when I created a…