a cooking pot and twisted tales
Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
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Glasses of fresh squeezed juice
A dash of tequila or two
a slice of cake
for you to take
and some kebabs
on the make.
There’ll be soft smooth jazz
with a bit of bass
and a cool DJ, who’s a lovely lass.
Party venue: Here. The party link will go live tomorrow.
Date and time: 30 Apr/1st May from dusk till dawn, we party hard.
You’ll be glad you came.
Please share and share. Thank you and looking forward to seeing you.
Jacqueline
Are you old or young blogger in this space?
Are you looking for fresh blood, erm I mean fresh blog to mingle with?
Are you friend, foe, neighbour or Island?
A party pooper or a party lover?
Whatever category you may find yourself, join us for our monthly shindig. It’s always fun and good blast.
Just in case you are still weighing the benefits, here are some of the reasons why you should party down 😉
Venue: Here at my blogalicious cooking pot
Time: April 30 – May 1st: From dusk till dawn, from dusk till dawn 🙂
Looking forward to seeing you here and do share, please. The more we are the merrier it’ll be.
Jacqueline
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Like some of you know, it has been a hectic couple of days with my blog placed on quarantine *security alert*.
However, with concerted efforts on my side, your support, the very supportive assistance of WordPress Engineers and Google’s cooperation, my blog has been cleared of the malicious whatamacallit.
What I don’t have is a concrete explanation for what went wrong.
I however, came away with several useful knowledge. Hopefully, over the weekend, I can sit down and put together a quick post as a reference point that someone in such pickle can refer to, assuming the cases are related.
So, to my blog’s bill of health, I say let’s blog on with integrity.
According to my home people, we would say, no dulling my swag 😉
Thanks to everyone.
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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’
Today’s featured blogs are:
Marriage and old appliances: This is the most refreshing, chuckle-worthy post that I’ve read on marriage in the past seven Sundays. Enjoy 🙂
Secrets silence This is exquisite to listen to!
Secrets of 1,000 lifetimes An evocative, blissful poem that makes you want to know the secret of a thousand lifetimes.
Intercepted Have you been following Curse breaker with me? Each twist and turn offer sharp turns, vivid descriptions and unexpected intrigue.
Walking through Central park this walk is just so blissful. A beautiful thing to do often.
10 essentials you need to pack Summer is knocking on the door and I know that you are itching to answer that door. Now take a look this way and see what’s in vogue. It’ll be worth your time 😉
‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’
Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.
P.S. Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.
Thank you for your understanding and regards.
‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.’
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
It’s a brand new business week.
From Mondays to Fridays, I share other bloggers post links and blog links, so this is just a gentle nudge to prod you into sending me some post links to feature.
It’s a two-way traffic of supporting each other and building a stronger blogging community 
So feel free to drop your LINKS IN HERE.
You are most welcome and thank you too.
Jacqueline
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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’
Today’s featured blogs are:
Universe, Unicorn, Mountains Can these dry bones live again? A trip up the Unicorn mountain following this sweet flowing mythical read will tell you.
Pangeia You know how those stories come to you as you are between the state of sleep and wakefulness and it turns out to be such delightful reads? This is one of such tales.
Randoms from Gibson city Titbits of a travel in which you meet good people and some downright sour people.
Being Lydia When you read Lydia’s About page, you get that warm feeling as though she’s your favourite neighbour or that aunt who lives in the next town, whom you love visiting her for a lovely natter and a fresh batch of cookies 🙂
Ejected I seriously ponder how Mel manages to keep all these fine details and weave such intriguing plots.
Please visit their blogs and say hello. A few minutes may gain you a friendly support.
‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’
Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.
P.S. Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.
Thank you for your understanding and regards.
‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.’
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
This is an impromptu blog post that came to my mind and I just have to write it. Maybe, there are more men like you in blogosphere and that would be a good thing to find. I am looking for them.
Jason and Danny, I appreciate your sense of community and support. We all have our personal goals and drive in this place and as consuming as this passion of ours is, you still find the time to carry those around you along.
Please note, this is not a fan or worship note. I don’t do such, but I know when to appreciate a good thing once I see it. I have noticed some who are far too consumed about themselves, forgetting that it takes an entire village of bloggers to raise one blogger.
At every point in time that I have had reason to reach out to either of you, you unflinchingly respond.
You two are awesome and I wish you both the very best.
Regards,
Jacqueline
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Today’s featured blogs are:
Hassel back Chicken From Smiling Notes. It looks as good as it sounds. Yummy!
Interesting analogy from Passionate Psycopath. A young blog in our midst. Please show some love to Prathmesh.
Fattymccupcakes I love her humour laden articles.
Say The Words From Starlit Octave. A quintessential poet and skillful writer.
Cookies and memories at dawn from Nancy. When women like Nancy write, I listen.
Please visit their blogs and say hello. A few minutes may gain you a friendly support.
Do you want more eyes on your words?
Well then, add your LINK into this loop.
Regards
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Maybe when the seven Cardinal sins was written, ‘selfishness’ had not yet become a cancerous problem that is gradually eating it’s way into the backbone of societal values.
Maybe back then, the sense of Community, empathy and being your brother’s keeper was far more in abundance and the syndrome of eating your cake, other people’s cake and having it, had far more reaching repercussions than today, when for very little selfish reasons, a young man would go on a shooting spree.
Even the seven that were written eons ago are now looked upon as old-fashioned, in a syndrome of our present generation that suffers from acute self gratification of the ‘Me, Myself and I alone and the entire World can go to Hell in a hand basket.’
Who knows? If they could possibly re-write it, they should add Selfishness with a promise of Extra dose of Hell-Fire, Brimstone and Iodine for cleaning the burnt sores, that might result in having less selfish humans on Earth.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The Daily Post The Eight Sin
Remember the seven cardinal sins? You’re given the serious task of adding a new one to the list — another trait or behavior you find particularly unacceptable, for whatever reason. What’s sin #8 for you? Why?
(Hat tip to 99 Problems and Done for suggesting a deadly sin-themed prompt!)
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When I was a very young girl, my bosom childhood friend Nnenna * God rest her soul* had sickle cell.
In my mind I still recall day’s of visiting her with a bunch of other friends and watching as she wept in throes of pain.
We would rub and massage her muscles to help, try to make her laugh and a lot of times I would go home feeling burdened with questions and worry.
She was a very beautiful, bright, talented young lady and equally full of life. She never liked being segregated or made to feel different and now that I dwell a bit on these memories, I can’t even fathom how big a burden she bore.
Knowing a family that lived a few streets away from our house, lose their offspring one after the other from Sickle cell disease, definitely cemented the indelible marks that SCD made on my mind.
Today, thankfully, with modern science, life expectancy of sufferers is a bit longer than what it used to be, nonetheless, it is still a traumatizing disease.
To know a bit more about SCD, you can click on this link Sickle Cell Disease.
Personally, I love to support groups that are out there, selflessly seeking to improve the standard of living of human life.
Most times, when we hear the word support, we balk at the idea because we automatically think of big bucks.
Support can come in so many forms that may not involve parting with any form of money.
Support can be the giving of your time and helping hands.
Support can be by lending your voice to a worthy cause.
Support can equally be by just being there for someone who you know going through a rough patch. Knowing that you are there counts for a whole lot.
‘Remember that though you may not be there for everyone, you can be there for someone.’
Regards,
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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