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Y Ddraig Goch

by Seffi

Rated: 18+ · Book · Other · #2010700

For the avoidance of doubt... Yes... I definitely have an opinion...

Welcome to my Blog!!

Having an opinion is better than not having a thought of your own.
I have many of both....
Pull up a pew and grab a hot, steaming mug of your choice.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Princess Megan Rose

about 10 hours ago
In response to "Sept 24 - Place of enchantment"

Enchantment means different things to each of us. I get this. Thank goodness for our Enchantment.

Joy

Sep 22, 2025 at 7:08pm
In response to "Sept 22 - Tupac Shakur"

I wasn't into Tupac Shakur either, but I loved the quote.
And yes, he was probably talking about the underprivileged people of color, but the idea speaks positively to all of us, daring us to rise over difficulties, regardless of our color, background, and stance in life.

Joy

Sep 21, 2025 at 11:14am
In response to "Sept 20 - Friends"

So true! And you don't have a split personality. You are multi-faceted.

Witchy Woman

Sep 19, 2025 at 2:05pm
In response to "Sept 19 - Freedom of Speech"

Nor did Melissa and Mark Hortman, they have children as well not just Kirk.

"I think there are many people, on both sides, that are responsible for stirring the pot and creating a very real, very visceral hatred for anyone who disagrees with their view point. I think it’s dangerous and needs to be called out. And I think the very worrying trend of “fake news-ing” things you don’t want to discuss, threatening journalists who ask tough questions, and even cancelling talk shows is going to make the problem that much worse. When you start censoring the news, what’s seen on TV you start to tread in dangerous water – the type that was wide spread in Germany 1930/40, the type that’s in China and Russia now.

We need platforms that discuss the different viewpoints. We need people who are willing to call out people in power when they say something wrong, stupid or dangerous. Satire and comedy has always been a very powerful tool to do that."

You've hit the nail on the head, censorship is extremely dangerous. What Kimmel said did not harm anyone, he drew attention to the fact there was a lot of finger pointing and the new ballroom focus for the cheeto. The cheeto is weird everyday, why would that offend anyone?

Joy

Sep 19, 2025 at 1:31pm
In response to "Sept 19 - Freedom of Speech"

"I am an outsider. I don’t really understand American politics."
I'm in the states and I don't understand it, either. And my opinion doesn't matter, also.
The way I see it, though, it used to be better than this, way back when.
And I learned what Kimmel said from your entry. I don't much watch or care for TV, and the internet is even more iffy.
Then, about Charlie Kirk, yes, no one deserves that. Especially not his two very small children and young wife.
Good entry.

Joy

Sep 16, 2025 at 1:50pm
In response to "Sept 16 - Role Models"

Exactly my point. Flashy careers do not necessarily make role models, if that flashiness doesn't include being good, moral, and altruistic. And also, nobody is perfect.

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citruspocket

Sep 14, 2025 at 5:14am
In response to "Sept 14 - Animals"

Great post - I've learnt a lot - especially amazed to learn that grizzly bears can give birth while hibernating

Sumojo

Sep 14, 2025 at 3:58am
In response to "Sept 14 - Animals"

So sorry to hear about Indy, she sounds as if she was quite a character.

Witchy Woman

Sep 12, 2025 at 5:04pm
In response to "Sept 11 - We Remember, We won't forget"

"The world watched in horror, an unwilling bystander, unable to do anything to stop it. We watched the second plane hit; we watched the towers fall… In real-time. There is no unseeing those things. There is no unfeeling those things. They are etched permanently in our memories."

I agree with Joy, many of us are unwilling bystanders in the majority of our current politics. Now, we're watching freedom of speech, the right to vote without harassment and losing more everyday.
The rising cost of groceries, drugs, insurances there is no unfeeling those and unfortunately the numbers won't be as visible as they were on 9/11. This country hasn't been the same since that day and I'm afraid it's going to become much worse.

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Joy

Sep 12, 2025 at 12:35pm
In response to "Sept 11 - We Remember, We won't forget"

"The world watched in horror, an unwilling bystander..."
The world is still a bystander with just about everything. Then, at times, one country or other, takes the side of a country on either side of a conflict, which doesn't help, either.
I worry about the consequences and hope we may learn very quickly.

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September 15, 2025 at 11:40pm

#1097452

Sept 15 - Seasons

Prompt: Change of Seasons "To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." George Santayana. When seasons change, say from summer to fall or fall to winter, what becomes challenging for you during these changes? And how do you think you react when life changes its seasons for you?

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The changing of the seasons is inevitable, whether literally or metaphorically. There is no stopping it. And, there is a kind of peace in that inevitability. It’s something that has to be accepted because the season don’t really care what we think.

Personally I like all the seasons. Some I like more than others, but generally I like elements of them all:

• I like the lambs and the daffodils of spring. A very Welsh seasonal indicator… It’s the start of the year. It’s full of possibility and new beginnings. I plant strawberries – hoping to eat them in Summer.
• I like the heat and the freedom that comes with Summer. Everyone seems like they are in better moods. In Australia – I hate that snakes also love the sun, but it’s a sacrifice I have no choice in making…
• I love the storms in Autumn. I love the colours. I love wrapping up in jumpers and drinking cosy drinks.
• I love how cold my nose gets on a Winter morning. I love the crunch of frost under foot. Or how the cold catches in my lungs for just a second the moment I take a deep breath outside.

I love season how my garden morphs from one season to around. It’s the perfect reminder that things change.

I like to think of my life in decade blocks. It’s how I compartmentalise my life. My twenties was when I went out with my friends, started to discovered who I was, fixed the bits of me that were broken, accepted bits that c/wouldn’t be fixed, and I met my husband. My thirties was when we got married and had our kids. My forties was when we moved to Australia and started to reevaluate my life and my priorities. My fifties is when my kids will leave the nest. Each decade ushers in a new wave of understanding and evolution. I learn more about myself with each circle around the sun – life epiphanies, rather than crises.

I don’t really care about getting older – the seasons are definitely changing, I can feel it in my bones – literally. I can see it in the fine lines on my face that seem to get less fine with each passing day. Don’t get me wrong mortality is scary – sometime more than others – the inevitability of leaving my kids behind at some point is terrifying. But somehow that has also made me reevaluate how I approach life. I definitely coming out of Summer and heading into Autumn and I’m ok with it. I might actually be my favourite time of life

There is still a heap of things I want to discover and experience, and I care much, much less about peoples opinions. It’s refreshing, energising and freeing. I don’t feel the need to put an expiration date on when I need to get things done by. I have no problem being in my 40s with brightly coloured hair, designing additional tattoos to adorn my body, or suddenly deciding I want my nose pierced as well. I can’t wait to be the 50 year old hiking machu picchu.

I think its ironic, that, much like the year, life doesn’t really start to flourish until we get through Spring and Summer. It’s like we need to learnt the lessons of Spring and Summer in order to enjoy Autmn and Winter properly.

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