The 10 pillars of Mum
I think that, as this is my website, I can pretty much write what I like. So I have done.
Read MoreLove in the time of corona: happy birthday sis
If there’s one good reason for having a socially distanced doorstep meeting today
Read More5 hippy ballads for long lockdowns
It's a little known fact – or possibly hugely obvious – that I'm a not-so-old hippy at heart.
Read MoreAn apology for the new decade
I’m starting the new year with a 10-foot tall ‘sorry’ sign: a cat or dog-shaped sign, depending on your persuasion, and it applies to a large number of people but mainly goes out to our son, who I feel I have let down considerably of late.
Read MoreDear Christmas…
Spoke to Dad just now. He was three quarters of the way through his Christmas card list and wilting slightly.
Read MoreChristmas pud meditation time
Why do I write so much about baking (and sometimes running), when this is essentially a words website?
Read MoreMums, history & breakfast tea
I do wonder, as the day comes round each year, whether we should just call today Parents Day, since not everyone is in a position to celebrate today’s seemingly special date in the way the world seems to want them to.
Read MoreSprint to the finish (Happy New Year) →
Here’s Mr Fairy earlier on today, leading me up another steep trudge on the last day of the year.
Read MoreChristmas gift
I have a Christmas thank you to send to write…
Read MoreShoots
Just popping out of this raggedy bowl of earth is a tiny green shoot. It’s hard to spot but it’s there. I know because I planted it, watered it and went and poked it earlier today. Finally, it’s coming through, and its growth doesn’t seem to be dependent on the weather or the warmth.
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