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Meanwhile, On The Other Side Of Town

  Hello, dear readers. Ah de do? I’ve been AWOL for a bit because I was sick to the back teeth of the covid shenanigans and really felt it was unfair to pass it on to unsuspecting people going through their own problems. The wretched lockdowns, it’s on, it’s off, in, out, in , out, […]

Enough Already

Lately it’s occured to me that I have been approaching the whole Covid issue the wrong way. It’s been really odd because I’ve been insisting all along that the new normal is temporary, and that the narrative will not hold. As a Christian, I’ve been praying in my usually spectacularly ineffectual way for this nonsense […]

Welcome to ClownWorld

I’ve been told off for posting about any random stuff that I find interesting, rather than bigging up AlaraApothecary. Sorry, award-winning AlaraApothecary as I obnoxiously refer to it these days 🙂 Seriously, the products are fabulous, buy something immediately. You know it makes sense. A good friend of mine has decided that, forget The Matrix […]

Through The Looking Glass – A Visit To The Old Normal

Hello, dear readers. If you’re a regular, you’ll know that I haven’t written a post for a while. Unfortunately, my Dad died suddently a couple of months ago and it’s been bedlam preparing for the funeral while trying to deal with it at the same time. I’m currently in quarantine, having returned from Nigeria. Of […]

Can You Feel The Love?

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, and a big thank you to The Beauty Bible who featured us as a suggested gift and all our customers – we thank you, our bank manager thanks you. Check out our nice write-up here: https://www.beautybible.com/beauty-bible-posts/beauty-clinic-pampering-presents-for-my-mum-please?rq=alara%20apothecary It’s been a while, what with sorting out the wretched […]