About Me

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Jacqueline, the face behind acookingpotandtwistedtales, is a passionate Nigerian woman.

I am a gregarious, avid reader, who loves writing and telling stories.

In a short sentence, I am a life enthusiast.

I am a wordsmith (on the cusp of authorship, in my mind at least). I am an entrepreneur, an advocate of truth and moral values, a people’s person, a motivator and a bi-linguist (French/English) I am also attempting to pick as many languages as I can, even just in their smattering forms.

I am the spouse of an interesting and intelligent gentleman who makes each day in my life spontaneous and devoid of boredom.

I am a mother of children who keep all my faculties engaged (physical and non-physical).

So this is me, an avid reader (not mind reader, unfortunately), an everyday woman with a passion for life and family.

I love to sing in my wobbly voice (who cares), to dance and strut my stuff and to laugh heartily. I love fitness and good nutrition when I can encourage my other lazy self to lace on her training shoes and not to eat all the cake.

I am still a child of Evolution, with varied interests ranging from pottery, painting, photography and gazillion stuff that I would like to try out.

I started blogging when I got tired of keeping my thoughts penciled in my journals (I still pencil though). It serves as a voice to some internal thoughts and turmoils. I think in clarity, I recuperate and I exhale when I write. It is therapeutic for me.

I see a story in everything, humorous, serious, life matters, beauty, child rearing or anything that inspires me that we might have in common as humans.

So here I am, exhaling after a long time of staying under water. In my little space here in blogland, I will be sharing with you, my tales, my poems, my motivational and mundane thoughts, my social observations and a potpourri of things that I dwell on.

If I blog successfully throughout the next year, I would have cultivated the discipline of settling down to write and ramble. I would (hopefully) have finished the drafts of the three novels that I am working on.

Indeed, it would be good to arrive at those goals, but I believe that the trip through blogging would be a whole lot of fun.

Having recently moved to Dubai with my family, I still wake up sometimes with half of my brain back in Houston where we moved from (after the big migration from Nigeria).

We are still working on adapting to our new environment which is cultures apart from our abode in the US where we had a couple of friendly squirrels darting across my front lawn whilst scrambling up a tree.

I look forward to meeting and interacting with other members of this community.

Yours in sincerity,

Jacqueline.

Today is 29th of April, 2016: LIFE IS A CONTINUUM and as about pages go, so far my blogging journey has been a fruitful one. One of the targets that I set for myself which is to get my books published has been accomplished with the successful publishing of My Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath.”

Nothing gives one a sense of well-being like realizing your dreams. This is just the beginning and I continue to trudge on with the others.

You can support me by buying my book which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.

Out of the silent breath

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  3. Life enthusiast, wordsmith and penciler — ah we must be kin! Thanks so much for stopping by and Liking my Life Regifted. It’s what I love about this blogging world – the “return policy.” As in you stop by and leave a trace and I follow that breadcrumb to you! 😊 So here I am with my first cup of coffee, chatting with you! If you look at my About, you’ll see I’m in my rejuvenatement period – never say retirement. So in years – we differ. But oh the spirit! Looking forward to more visits with you. And now, I shall meander here.

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    1. Hello Lillian. Good to meet you. You might be a distant cousin 🙂 Thank you so much for visiting today. I do appreciate that. Retired is certainly not tired. It gives you the time to choose and enjoy the finer things of life that the younger generation are not prone to doing. A lively spirit never ages, actually matures to a finer refined state and grace. I know that I will enjoy connecting with you over here 🙂

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  9. Thank you so much for liking one of my blog posts. You have an interesting blog here and I will look forward to spending time reading more of it. Thanks again.

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  22. Excellent. I, too, pencil journal. In fact, I think of blogging as a keyboard journal. When one stops working I switch to the other. Why do I journal. I don’t know. My life seems more positive when I do. Silent venting, I suppose.

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  26. Hello Jacqueline! I LOVE the spelling of your name -just look at it, so French – aristocratic yet coquettish! You have chosen the perfect theme for your blog – colorful, yet earth-tone based, tribal yet sophisticated. Thank you for helping me discover you 🙂 I’ll stay in touch!

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  27. This picture of you is just great. Looks like you are standing in the middle of the sun, radiating your wise words. You have a “wicked” writing talent, which is a “may-jah” compliment from this New Englander to you!

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  42. I just stopped by to tell you I really enjoy your blog. I love your energy and creativity. I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. You are free to participate or not. I know some choose to be Award free and tht it fine. Just know I enjoy your blog very much.

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