I always feel a sense of rush at this time of year. As darkness creeps up earlier each day, there’s usually a lengthening list of stuff I am not quite getting round to. I think it’s the effect of both Child One and Child Two having autumn/winter birthdays, and as soon as they are out …
A shock this morning. Our junior cat, the black one, was pottering around at breakfast as usual. I barely noticed. Then he wandered off outside – and came back with his head covered in blood and pus. Yuck! and Ouch! The poor thing. My first thought was, how on earth did that happen? My second …
I’m having a lot of trouble with my memory at the moment – I can’t remember whether I’ve told you that already – see what I mean? I’ve gradually got used to not remembering the plots of the various rom coms I watch with Child 1 and Child 2, which I think is allowable, if …
A strange outing this weekend. TL was very keen to go to the Sunday Assembly in Holborn, central London. I purposely didn’t Google the whole Sunday Assembly idea before we set off, as I knew it would put me off. I thought it was a kind of extended mindfulness thing (which I am already grappling …
I’ve just started a mindfulness course. For those who’ve been on Mars with Matt Damon, mindfulness is the new cure-all which is supposed to be more effective than anti-depressants, psychiatry and psychotherapy in controlling anxiety, depression and all that stuff. It’s apparently great for people with cancer, and people getting used to believing that they …
Sponsored post SO I am starting this post with the word SO because I’ve spent the past extremely hectic 24 hours channelling teenage girldom and that’s what they seem to do the whole time. And, when they’re not starting sentences with SO, they are feverishly Instagramming, Tweeting, Snapchatting, WhatsApping and just generally pressing buttons to …
We’re not the only household in the country on the edge of our seats now the final of the Great British Bake Off is looming like an ill-constructed choux pastry tower. There are at least eight million die-hard fans out there. But we are probably, definitely, certainly the keenest. For our family, the Bake Off …
Sponsored post I’m really excited about this – I’ve been offered ten free pairs of tickets for my lovely readers (that’s you) to go to Stylist Live, a rather fabulous event held in at the Business Design Centre in North London over next weekend, from 15th – 18th October. ‘Stylist’ is a pretty broad and …
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Lovely day out yesterday to Hampton Court for the Handmade Fair. A very kind friend invited me and the whole day was my idea of heaven – tons of stalls full of tempting crafty bits and bobs, fish and chips for lunch courtesy of the Sea Cow, lots of tea and, above all, loads of …