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9 Peculiar Reasons Why I’m Having A Love Affair With Yorkshire

Caren Launus-Gamble — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:01:44 +0000

Have you ever come to a place where you thought, ‘Wow, I’ve come home’? You just felt that pull – Call it destiny or comfort. Well, when I came to Yorkshire for the first time in 1988 to visit a holiday romance from the previous summer, I certainly felt that pull – no pun intended. My love affair with ‘Gods Own County’ actually began a long time before 1988. I’m German, you see, and we Germans are very fond of the English humour. And, in 1979, some bright spark at the German television channel ARD had the grand idea to buy in one of the

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The 3 Eye-Opening Super Powers of The Autistic Superhero

Caren Launus-Gamble — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:08:22 +0000

The ultimate real-life superhero in this story is my son. Well, ok, I’m his mum so I would say that. But, read on, and I’m sure that you will come to agree with me once I have introduced you to the first three of his superpowers. Having been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in 2005 when he was eight, the battles he has been and still is facing on a daily basis are monumental; he has to climb mountains where the rest of us take a quick and simple hurdle jump. If you are not familiar with the condition, take a quick diversion now to the

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