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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:

Joy's busy haunting

Sep 28, 2025 at 7:18pm
In response to "Sept 25 - Best companions"

I so agree with your last paragraph. I was an only child and I was quite like your description, there. To this day, I have a mind of my own. Not that it has always been to my benefit, but it is what it is.

Morticia Wednesday Megan Rose

Sep 24, 2025 at 2:37pm
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's busy haunting

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's busy haunting

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's busy haunting

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's busy haunting

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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October 2, 2025 at 10:46pm

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Oct 2 - Shopping

Prompt: Have you ever bought something because you felt sorry for it but secretly wanted it?

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Probably... though it probably isn't a secret. I'm easy to read. Very few things are a secret with me.

I have a habit of placing emotional attachment on inanimate objects. This doesn't lead me to buy things because I feel sorry for it, although I will admit to buying the 'full set' because I don't want the others to feel left out, or because it's the last one....; but in all honesty, this is just my excuse for buying more sh!t that I don't need.

It does frequently lead to me hanging on to things for far too long.

I have the habit of finding things that many others would find ugly or twisted appealing, such as clothes, artwork, or pieces of furniture. I like the weird and quirky. Somethings are just so ugly that they are cute. But I can see the beauty in them. I think most people on WDC are the same, I think it's an author's trait - to see beyond the obvious.

My husband will often look at me and say, "You want to buy it, don't you." - "Yes... yes my love, I will be buying the weird and wonderful thing."

I love TKMaxx - especially at Halloween. A lot of the stuff there is seconds, with something not quite right with it. I like to can the broken things and make new things out of it. Could that me classed as buying something because I felt sorry for it? Maybe.

I also hate buying things on their own - I have to buy them in twos or threes. Threes is my preference. Clusters look good in threes, or fives - never fours. I can live with twos to balance stuff out.

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October 1, 2025 at 1:28am

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Oct 1 - Dreams

Prompt: "My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another." William Morris

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Or nightmares… I guess you could argue that they are still dreams.

My work does not, in any way, shape, or form, embody my ‘nice’ dreams. I like my job. I’m good at what I do. But it is not a dream. It is a means to an end – the end being a roof over my head and food in my kids' bellies. My dreams are very separate to my job. Although, when I’m stressed it does pop up in my sleeping thoughts/subconscious.

I would love to be an author – to create – but that’s because I love to write. But would it still be my dream if I had to do it? Would the fun if there were deadlines and publishing contracts? Most of my crazy plots come from my dreams/daydreams, so perhaps it’s a circular statement.

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