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C'est ma derniére année pour obtenir ma licence en linguistique Anglaise et  Française. Pendant quelques mois je suis en répit. J'ai confiance , avec beaucoup de travail, pour mon succés si Dieu le veut!

Now that I have finished off my EMA level 3 English, I will have more time to be able to read some interesting books, as I look ahead to next term when I will have level 3 French to complete. I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions of any good books to read?
Perhaps in either in English or in French?

Many thanks.

Today while out walking with my son, we saw a fox in a little woodland beside the field. She ran off quickly across the field and into a larger wood on the other side. Perhaps she has some young cubs she is protecting!

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All this week at the shops in the little village where I live, there is a bit of a buz going on, as they are putting up all the decorations for the Queen's 70 years jubilee. 

There are flags, buntings and balloons in red white and blue, there is also going to be a picnic in the park in the week of the Queens jubilee. People are putting up flags in their front windows and there is a feeling of celebration slowly building up around the village. 

My friend has put a huge picture of the Queen up in her front window. Others in the village have planted flowers of red, white and blue to show their support.

 I always remember at school when I was young,  my class mates and I waiting around for hours at the school gate, in the cold with our little flags, excitedly waiting for just a glimpse of the Queen as she came slowly past in the Royal car and visited the town where I lived. 

It was such a momentous occasion for us young children but I also remember, being just a child,  feeling a bit disappointed that the Queen was not wearing her Royal crown!  However, she looked very elegant and beautiful in a salmon pink suit and hat to match,  as she cut the ribbon and and announced the opening of the New Sports centre in our town.

 The Sports Centre went on to feature throughout my childhood life. That sports centre was the place where I first learned to swim with the school, where I enjoyed the fun and experience of ice skating with my friends and family, and where I went bowling as a teen. 

It was always a  great treat to go there from time to time,  because my parents were not very well off,  so it was usually a very special occasion and one that I always thoroughly enjoyed!

Congratulations to the Queen for her 70 years service to the country!

I am slowly unwinding from my last EMA. It has been a roller coaster of a journey this term and I am finding it hard to feel elated at the moment,  but rather I am feeling more like a survivor of some kind of an assault course !

It is not the fault of the OU of course, but it is the recent circumstances that are happening in this country at the moment, such as the high rising cost of food prices, the massive increase in energy bills and the lack of any compassion at all from this government, for those who are poor, or who are getting into difficulties.

In fact this government seemed only too happy to have celebratory parties, while we were suffering losses, Covid viruses, bereavement, stresses, cancelled nhs appointments,  hardships,  financial problems and lockdowns. This government are seriously out of touch with the people of this country!

They live on another planet  🔵

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Flowers for my Friend who died from Covid 19!

I am Struggling under this government just trying  to make ends meet!
Everything is becoming so expensive in the supermarkets as prices rise quite dramatically! This means eating much less and cutting back. 🍽

Some adults are having to go without food in order to feed and clothe their children. Children who are constantly growing out of their clothes.  👕👖👟

Children themselves are becoming stressed out by what is happening to their parents. They are having 'mental health' problems because of parents having to cut back all the time. No playing computer games because it uses too much electricity! 🎮🕹

Feral children are roaming the streets in gangs with nowhere to go, nothing to do!  😈😈

This mess is not what we voted for! 

I know this is not an easy time of transition, but It is unbelievable what the poorest people of this country are going through right now! Why should people be made into scape goats by this government, for what is this governments own mismanagement. Can't the government do anything to ease the situation of people struggling to cope with inflation and the escalating cost of living ?
         

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I discovered this lovely red rose growing near the door this morning. A few days ago it was just in bud, but now it has burst out, thanks to the sunshine and some rain showers in the last few days.

At first for my EMA assignment I did not know what to choose as my example for creativity in language. It was not for a lack of choice. There are plenty of examples and  possibilities available of creativity in everyday language out there. The main point was would I be able to make a 3,000 word essay out of it.

I then stumbled across something novel that I had read in a magazine, that I had found Creative, interesting and entertaining, so I decided to go with that, this has led to a lot of interesting discoveries. I feel quite dizzy thinking about it all!

There has been plenty of material to write about, as one topic seemed to have led to another, because there was a link from one related subject to another. 

I have now finished the whole essay just a rough copy! and I am now polishing it up ready to type it up, file it up and send it off!

However,  first I must now read it and re-read it, looking for errors and correcting any mistakes in grammar or punctuation. There is always room for improvement !