Category Archives: ABOUT GRUMBLESMILES

Blogging Around The World 2

Posted on February 4, 2015 by john graham

In September last year I  wrote a post about the interesting facts that you can get from WordPress  on your blog.  You  can see this post by clicking on 30 September 2014 in the Archive. Two milestones have just been passed since then … Continue reading →

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Blogging around the World

Posted on September 30, 2014 by john graham

I noticed on GrumbleSmiles today I had a visitor from the Dominican Republic and it prompted me to look at the statistics you get from WordPress.    This is one of the nice things about blogging, you get very rapid analysis … Continue reading →

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About GrumbleSmiles & how to find your way around the website

Posted on September 13, 2013 by john graham

I have worked in the field of housing and social care for the past 30 years until I retired from the ExtraCare Charitable Trust in January 2010.   I have an abiding interest in all aspects of social policy as it affects … Continue reading →

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Tommy Blogtoons on the Postal Service

Posted on March 11, 2012 by john graham

Since the GrumbleSmiles blog was started, we have been illustrating some of the posts with cartoons.  This is the second post in building a gallery of all the blogtoons. I’ve written a series of posts on the virtues of the … Continue reading →

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Tommy Graham’s Blogtoons on Fruit Juice

Posted on February 19, 2012 by john graham

Since the GrumbleSmiles blog was started, we have been illustrating some of the posts with cartoons.  This post is the start of building a gallery of all the blogtoons. I’ve written a series of posts on the virtues of fruit … Continue reading →

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“Reflection on Blogging”

Posted on April 14, 2011 by john graham

Q1  Why am I blogging? I have something to say about all things “elderly” Writing can be therapeutic   Fun when it flows easily – a topic that fires my imagination Frustrating when on an important issue – the simple … Continue reading →

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“November Reflections”

Posted on November 3, 2010 by john graham

Ten months since I “retired” time has flown by, my days are full but less pressured by 10 or 20 issues a day.  Now it’s more like one or two things at a time, but I still feel busy and … Continue reading →

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Re-directed Posts

Posted on October 18, 2010 by john graham

From some of the early posts I received, it’s quite obvious to me that I haven’t got the navigation around the site to be as simple as I would want.  Some of the people who want to post general comments … Continue reading →

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