Spring cleaning

Inspired again by my sister's waste reduction, I've been donating unused belongings to some local charity shops. Beyond the physical "stuff" I decided to clear out my podcast list as well. I had subscribed to far too many podcasts and was, I hate to admit it, getting a bit antsy about the hundreds of unlistened to podcasts.

The first idea I had was to listen to podcasts at 1.5 speed. It worked to some extent but it wasn't getting me to listen to some of the podcasts. Which left me with option two - delete and unsubscribed. It's taken me about a week to do that but I think I'm there. I've kept a few subscriptions, mainly some BBC and Financial Times podcasts and a few food podcasts. Here's some of the ones I've kept:

Irish Times Inside Politics
Totally Irish
BBC podcasts: From Our Own Correspondent, In Our Time, Thinking Allowed, Food Programme, Voices of the First World War
FT podcasts: Alphachat, News, Brexit Unspun, UK Politics, Banking Weekly
Burnt Toast
The Sporkful
This American Life
Strangers

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The Pearl of Wisdom - #ShareTheWisdom

Last week I was in our local shopping centre when my mother noticed a box of silver and pearl brooches in the chemists. We'd been looking for something just like it to cover a small worn patch on a black jumper. It was free so we took one each without paying too much attention to why the chemist was giving them away.

The brooches are actually part of the Pearl of Wisdom European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which takes place this week, 22-28 January 2017. So ladies, please take some time this week to find out where you can get a smear test, register for one, and put the date in your diary.

#ShareTheWisdom.

In Ireland, the Irish National Cervical Screening Programme has all the details on its website, and the test is free in Ireland. You can also call the Irish Freephone number 1800 45 45 55 or look at their Facebook page.

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