As I drove past my local school recently I noticed that it was ‘Walk to school week’, this catapulted me into a thorny forest of guilt. Firstly due to the fact that if I used the local school I could
In which we ought to be ashamed…
I’m not known for my domestic abilities. I freely admit to needing help in many areas of which that is just one, and I’m altogether remiss at caring all that much about my lack of ‘The Nigella Gene’. It would
Boy, Interrupted…
Thank you to Paula for allowing me to use her blog for a bit of a vent. My family read my blog and, whilst I need to rant about this for a while, I’m not sure I want them to
Altruistic Tendencies…
Some time ago I wrote this. It wasn’t really a post about religion, it was a post about human kindness and the fact that it prevails, despite everything. There must have been something in the air because around the same
The Unwelcome Friend
Oh no, here she comes again full of comforting smiles and familiar phrases. Leech-like in her tenacity, she won’t leave me alone anymore. I’ve done everything I can from the subtle to the full on, head – brickwall – obvious.
Push the Button….please
Egg throwing, ferret racing and facepainting…
It can only mean one thing and I’m awol at the moment talking about it and preparing for Saturday. Read more here…
Getting there…
What a weekend! Proof that virtual friendship can be the perfect platform for good, old-fashioned face-to-face friendship. I had already tested this theory once before with the lovely Caroline, but one swallow doesn’t make a summer, so it was with
Stop Talking!
It’s Sleep is for the Weak‘s first birthday today! Hard to believe that someone I think of as such an accomplished blogger has only been ‘at it’ for that long. Josie’s writing workshop is a little piece of wonderful in
What’s your virtual voice?
I was ‘talking’ to Bumbling Along the other night when she said this. It sparked something in me, made me start thinking about the voices we attach to our virtual friends and what cues we use to form these decisions.