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The End.

October 19, 2017 by 25 Comments

I’ve said it all before. I’ve tried to find the urge to blog again too, in various times and in various ways. But honestly? I don’t believe in it any more. I don’t feel safe doing it. The idea of writing something controversial and the meanness of what some people will do with that horrifies […]

Filed Under: Merry Musings, Uncategorized

“The last thing I want to do is document it all.”

January 19, 2017 by 1 Comment

I said this last week (to Who’s the Mummy, as it happens), to explain why I never blog any more. And, to be fair (to coin an overused phrase favourite of of of my teens, the run up to Xmas felt fairly miserable, for not even the right reason of our shops being nice and […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Family Life, Merry Musings

Big Changes.

September 3, 2016 by 11 Comments

I’ve thought of myself as a home educator for years, even recently when the kids were in and out of school, though “home educator at heart” is, probably quite rightly, sniffed at by pure home educators. But it was how I felt, my life has been kid centric, both family and educational provision, for 18 […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Thinking Tagged With: career, change, coaching, life, mid-life crisis

A Toy or Two to Tempt me to Blog.

May 24, 2016 by 5 Comments

I have been gone so long from this blog, even though I promised faithfully to get back to writing. A while ago I wrote something to explain what had happened to make me so very absent; even though my chemically enhanced brainbox makes all that feel very distant now, time has marched on so fast […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: laptop, mobile notebook, Venturer Bravowin

11 days. 

April 13, 2016 by 6 Comments

It passes in a flash these days, those 11 days between a birthday trip out and these minutes, when I was holding him in my arms and watching him drift away forever. 11 nights of candles, 11 days of quietly mulling over what was happening each day and where we were in that beautiful, hellish […]

Filed Under: Freddie, Grief

Not 6. 

April 2, 2016 by 3 Comments

It really gets me every year that these were my last few happy minutes, minutes where really I’d never had anything to be utterly crushed by, ever again.  It doesn’t really work like that of course. There are plenty of happy moments, not least because I learned to be grateful for Freddie in so many […]

Filed Under: Freddie, Grief

Buying for Dad: Perfect presents for all ages

April 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Dads can be hard to buy for and their tastes can vary greatly depending on their age, which is why this great gift guide has been put together for you to take your pick of the best pressie ideas for Dads of all ages – whether it’s Father’s Day or his birthday. The gadget loving […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Father's Day Gifts

Memories of Paris from my teens – and my teen.

March 25, 2016 by 1 Comment

On Monday, Expedia invited me to write about Paris and my memories of visiting there when I was younger. I wrote the post and had it ready to post on Tuesday morning. I’ve held it back until this morning and mulled all week about my feelings regarding travel, anxiety and living life without fear. The […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: city break, inspiring projects, trips to Paris

A mother’s day.

March 7, 2016 by 1 Comment

I watched Mother’s Day drift past yesterday with a sort of wry amusement; 17 years on from my first, I’ve long got over the fact that if you build it up as a day where you expect a combination of the most thoughtless elements of the house (children) combined with the least slushy and demonstrative […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Thinking

Easy Tips & Tricks To Introduce Your Children To Gardening

February 23, 2016 by 1 Comment

Gardening is great for your health and it gets you out the house, away from the TV and into the fresh air – so why wouldn’t you want to get your kids involved? If getting them away from the screen is proving difficult and the response to you asking if they want to do some […]

Filed Under: Garden Tagged With: fruit trees, gardens, grow your own

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