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Monthly Archive for July, 2011

good onya, our Jonny! thanks a million Nic! and beware ‘disposable’ nappies

*** congratulations to our wonderful website genius Jonny/Jonathan Mitchell, on his graduation today from Queens, and scholarship to UCD, University College Dublin for a Masters in I think, Contemporary European Philosophy…..

hurray!!! says Baglady, who wouldn’t exist in cyberspace without him.

*** also, thanks to amazing Nicola Lyons who’s now with Northern Ireland Screen, after single-handedly lifting our MLA pledge numbers to the high 40s – not far off half the Assembly

*** we also have a wonderful pledge from a Bangor Mum-to-be about using natural nappies. Thank goodness someone cares.

… and praise to Julie Hannaway of Derry City Council, who’s been working hard with Altnagelvin Hospital on the real nappy issue for a year or 2 now. Baglady will see Julie soon when she picks up the ASAP pledge from the new Mayor. and check out the nappy scene… pooooooh….

Baglady, friends and family are receiving wonderful promises from people in positions of power and influence all over NI and way beyond. One of them is Mehary Girma, from Lalibela.

As someone said in the NOW show on radio 4 tonight, it’s time for us all to speak out. At long bloomin last. I’ll be listening to the repeat, tomorrow 12.30pm…

Best beams, Baglady

Ministers McGuinness and O’Dowd Pledge ASAP

It’s much too midsummery for blogging…

… but I have to share the good news that 2 more Assembly Ministers have taken the time to Pledge ASAP: Martin McGuinness and John O’Dowd. I’ll have to go back and count how many that is now, we’re well on the way to getting half MLAs pledged [54]

With the response from businesses, councils and schools and a lot of talented people, things should leap forward again after the July holidays..

I also want to thank 2 old school friends, Sally Marsh née Craig, and Maureen Toner née McKinney, for pledging. We’ve all known each other for over 60 years!

We’re gathering a great message to send out to the world, and as I write, I’m thinking about really getting to the nitty gritty of Living, and Leaving ASAP in the film we’re working on. I’ve got to put it all together like a jigsaw, so everyone can see what we’ve got to do, and how; who’s doing what, who can help and so on.

We’ve got VERY special news now to share with the world. A big solid group of elected politicians have dared to do something a lot of their voters haven’t got round to yet; drop a habit or 2, pick up a good one or 2…