A Word Of Not So Serious Warning

On April 1st, which is April Fool’s Day here in the UK, this blog reopens for business as I rejoin the virtual world in the April A to Z blogging challenge.

So whilst you are in lockdown, gnashing your teeth on the last of your dried cream crackers and wiping your arse on the pages of Fifty Shades of Grey, you can join me here on The Witty Ways of a Wayward Woman where I shall be providing my own unique view on the world as I see it. We’ve got a lot to talk about.

As usual, there will be no rhyme or reason to any of the subject matters I will tackle. It will be whatever pops into my mind on the day. And if I’m bored and my brain is befuddled, I will be posting pictures of hunky men in their underpants.

So nothing to lose then by dropping by if you’re a woman. If you’re a man, brace yourself it could be a bumpy ride.

And if there’s anyone who wants to throw a topic into the brewing pot now. Drop me a line below.

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hillgrandmom says:

15 March 2020 at 10:27 AM

Ooh nice! Looking forward to your A-Z blogs!

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Wendy says:

15 March 2020 at 2:11 PM

I'll look forward to your posts Jane. I'm still in two minds about joining in this year. We're trying to move house so swinging from "you can't possibly afford to add to your stress levels with a blogging challenge" to "you need to reduce your stress level – switch off by blogging!"

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Frewin55 says:

1 April 2020 at 1:32 PM

Dear Jane, as you describe in your November piece, I too mourn the demise of many fellow bloggers with whom I shared many happy and eclectic posts until the blog, Mo'time was shut down by new owners of the larger Italian blog of which it was a part. Several of us eventually settled into Facebook as a way of staying in touch but is not the same thing…
I set up a new blog a few years back but life intervened until Covid19…
As always – finding a community of friends is as much the intent as the writing and it's hard looking through the lists to even find live blogs, let alone ones as alive as yours! So I have subscribed and we will see where we go. For now I am going to look at the A-Z Challenge…

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Toffee says:

1 April 2020 at 7:46 PM

From Toffee the cat: My old woman says she is so looking forward to reading your posts. She loves quirky writing and writes a blog if her own (not in the A to Z challenge this year) at http://www.aroundmykitchentable.co.uk. It's not as good as mine, obvs.

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