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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! Saying sorry…. not. March 8, 2017. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. This morning I found myself about to apologise for my appearance. I have been fighting an infection, and I hadn’t bothered to ‘put my face on’ as my mother would say, I was in my pilates gear and looking, how … Continue reading →. February 20, 2017. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. Teaching my girls that a women’s place is anywhere she chooses to be. January 26, 2017. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk.
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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! What doesn’t kill you…. →. September 21, 2016. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. Six years ago today was one of the happiest days of my life. If there was a film made of my life in the subsequent years, I think today 6 years ago would be the opening scene. But of course, as soon as she had finished, the nurse walked over with a bottle of nail varnish remover and a cotton pad. No painted nails while you’re getting your belly sliced open. September 22, 2016 at 4:...
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What doesn’t kill you…. | Grin and Tonic
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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! Future Pefect →. What doesn’t kill you…. October 2, 2016. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. There is that old phrase that is bandied about every so often – What Doesn’t Kill You Makes you Stronger. I guess it means that if you survive the hard times, you’ll sometimes come out of it a bit better off. What a load of crap. What doesn’t kill you might make you stronger. It might also just not make you dead, but bloody and bleeding all the same. I’m learning to swim...
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Having resolution – saying yes to kicking the crap out of this year. | Grin and Tonic
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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! Teaching my girls that a women’s place is anywhere she chooses to be →. Having resolution – saying yes to kicking the crap out of this year. January 4, 2017. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. So it’s a new year and all that and I’m only emerging now from the fug. In fact I’m so knackered from all the. Trivial Pursuit, that I already look at least. Three years older than last year. Glass of wine I had when I eventually got home. Fuck it. My resolution is tha...
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Voice Training | Grin and Tonic
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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! Having resolution – saying yes to kicking the crap out of this year. →. December 1, 2016. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. When I first wrote out this piece yesterday I was scared to post it. It was too serious. Too angry. As a woman, I have been conditioned to be nice and I did promise my readers some lightheartedness after a year or so of misery-lit. I realised I was scared to be truthful, when the whole point of the post was about telling the truth! Last we...
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Trumping Frumping | Grin and Tonic
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Redefining middle age – the happy hour of life! Talking yourself in off the window ledge. Voice Training →. November 16, 2016. Grin and Tonic by Alana Kirk. So that was actually just part of the day, albeit one that left a lasting impressing. The conference – Magnificence in Mid-Life, was run by the wonderful The Mutton Club. About Grin & Tonic by Alana Kirk. View all posts by Grin & Tonic by Alana Kirk →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Talking yourself in off the window ledge. Liked by 1 person.
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Writing, living, loving. Living loving writing. I have written for many years for a variety of magazines and newspapers…. these are a few. I am a regular contributor to the writing resource www.writing.ie. Irish Times, 31st January, 2017. What my daughters thought of the Women’s march. Irish Times, 22nd January, 2017. Why I’m Taking my Girls on the Women’s March. Irish Times, 19th January 2017. The Grief no-one talks about. Femail Magazine, Daily Mail UK, 25th January 2017. We Need to Talk about Dying.
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March | 2016 | Alana Kirk
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Writing, living, loving. Living loving writing. Update on all things writing and reading. March 20, 2016. Grin & Tonic by Alana Kirk. I have just booked a lovely writing retreat in the Andalucian mountains for June, so hopefully that will give me a little space (and a tan) to get going. In the meantime, my current book Daughter, Mother, Me, tiptoed into the Irish non-fiction bestseller list which was very exciting, and continues to do well. Mrs Kate Singh author. My Midlife Mayhem By Louisa Simmonds.
