11th August, 2018 Another Saturday that has not gone well. I went to bed around 8.30 again last night - or was it earlier? - and ended up...

10th August, 2018 Red flags have gone up this morning. The rage has come back. And this time the return is quite impressive. Return of th...

Wednesday, 22nd April, 2020 As the world pandemic continues and the global crisis deepens, amidst the anxiety and real loss and pain for ...

12th August, 2018 I've just downloaded this writing app on my laptop and I already like it. My goodness, it's so calm. And Heaven knows I...

12th August, 2018 I don't know what it is about today, but I've just felt hungry - for stodge - all day. I've eaten a bit, felt all stodg...

13th August, 2018 Right. I'm about to delve right into a First World Problem. But, as Jennifer Fulwiler says, we do live in the First Wor...

16th August, 2018 So I went to Styal today. The first time I braved it (because it did feel, somehow, like it took courage to go alone wi...

Friday 17th April 2020 Turns out I was born in the wrong country. Twice. Let me explain... I was born in Singapore, and I'm not saying th...

17th August, 2018 So I've been pondering recently on something called a 'blue flame' (as defined by Jen Fulwiler). It's the idea that, in...

8th August, 2018 So I've booked in a break today - 7am till 2pm, my longest break by a long way since Isaac was born. I've felt a bit neu...

18th August, 2018 It's official: Isaac weighs 21 pounds. That's a whopping stone and a half. That's about half a stone more than Grace wa...

23rd August, 2018 So this morning I decided to follow FlyLady's incredibly strict regime of having a shower and getting 'dressed to shoes...

28th August, 2018 So apparently, what you wear is incredibly important. It is supposed to affect the way you approach life, your general ...

29th August, 2018 I think a good measuring test for tiredness/extreme irritability is to rub a balloon on a wall near your head and see h...

30th August, 2018 I love listening to Gracie's 'chattering'. Like St Francis, she chatters away to the 'animals' (stuffed) a lot. The oth...

31st August, 2018 Following on from an earlier post about clothes, I can't tell you how excited I felt this week when my new Superdry jac...

9th September, 2018 As I write this, I'm sitting at the table in a log cabin in Sherwood Forest, Centre Parcs, and my vista and mood coul...

15th September, 2018 I find myself having to rant about the prices at Centre Parcs, our current annual holiday. Which are beyond extortio...

17th September, 2018 Am sitting here writing in my 'cabinet', looking out at the lovely trees outside, very green after all the rain yest...

18th September, 2018 So following from my previous post, I'm sitting here writing, but sadly not at the 5am slot I can only dream of. It'...