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Winter 2005
"The Internet Magazine for the disAbled woman. The 'dis' is small, it's the Ability that Counts"
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We have been delighted by your responses, keep the articles flowing. In this issue:
Arts: the section has Xmas poetry from Margaret Muirhead, a poem by Dixie L. Lippert on adapting, an article on a Liverpool based disabled women's, comic troupe called the Nasty Girls. And a web site on all mediums of creative art.
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| Beauty and Fashion: tips and information on a web site that deals in wearable clothing Features include a Scottish excursion to the Highlands on a Tramper Scooter, an animal orphanage in Africa, information on the Forum on Discrimination in Scotland. The BBC are looking for new adventurers for the series Beyond Boundaries 11 Africa. The Xmas story this year is from Ireland. |
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Food: Recipes include Artichoke Soup and Spicy Xmas Cake
Garden: Violet Lutea gives more Armchair Gardening Some Xmas Traditions., Nikki Barker who has not written for us for a while emailed some Hints and Tips on a Hundred Great Gifts Ideas With That Extra Factor, Appealing To Someone With A Disability!”
Health: Advice from Jeni.
Regulars: The links page increases each issue, and our Quizzes become easier! |
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Quarterly Quote
Caledonian Challenge -- The Extra Challenge
In June 2005 last year I took part in the Extra Challenge. For those of you who have never heard of the Caledonian Challenge let me explain. The State Street Caledonian Challenge is perhaps the most challenging yet rewarding fundraising event of its kind. Teams of four, each representing companies or simply as an individual team, from throughout the UK and beyond, walk 54 miles of the West Highland Way within a 24-hour period, passing through some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery.
The Extra Challenge is open to participants with a medical condition or disability that prevents them from taking part in the longer event. The Extra Challenge participants had the opportunity to share in part of the route and camaraderie of its big brother, The State Street Caledonian Challenge.
Did you watch Beyond Boundaries? If you did what were you thinking? Were you, like me, wondering what your Boundaries would be? For those of you who didn't watch, it this was a TV series showing the efforts of a group of disabled people traversing Central America and coping with jungle, desert, water and would-you-believe a volcano. The Extra Challenge might be more to your liking AND more attainable.
Why not join in next year, for the June 2006 Extra Caledonian Challenge. For more information look up the website www.caledonianchallenge.com/extra caledonianchallenge@scottishcommunityfoundation.com or telephone me, Eva.McCracken tel. 059275 8149 or
Heather Macdonald tel. 0131 468 0110
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