‘You’re so sweet, I should give you up for Lent,’ says one of the characters in Katie Fforde’s lovely new book, Wedding Season. It’s a deliciously appropriate line for this toothsome tale of three friends whose lives become as interwoven as a Curly Wurly – though we shouldn’t be mentioning those as they’re made by …
I can’t pretend I am a big snow fan – after the initial gasps at its beauty, I’m afraid I get caught up in anxiety about driving, breaking my neck walking down my ungritted road, and the possibilities of my little dears dying of exposure while throwing snowballs (I know it’s silly) but every now and …
I know I usually make a big deal about not using identifiable pictures on my blog (though some would say most of my pictures are so bad they automatically make everyone unidentifiable anyway), but did you hear that sound of shattering just then? Yep, it’s a rule being broken. My photo today is for the …
As any mother of teenagers knows, life is a daily struggle to preserve some vestige of coolness in the face of the implacable scorn of youth. A while ago, though, I knew I had finally done something to make my girls proud. I was lucky enough to be invited by Galaxy chocolate to interview the wondrous …
My lovely friend E has sent us this to cheer everyone up on a bleak November morning. The last one made me laugh so much I can now feel my toes again for the first time in hours – thank you, E! Mwah. The First Affair A married man was having an affair With his secretary. One day they …
I must admit that the hoo-ha over the latest Harry Potter film is rather bittersweet for me. We have always been massive Harry Potter fans. Child One even wrote to J K Rowling, and got a reply, written on gorgeous special paper. That would have been enough to make me love the woman and all …
A couple of bloggers I am really fond of have said, lately, that their blogging mojo is flagging, and I know what they mean. There are days when walking the fine line between revealing too much – and how much is too much? – and still attempting to remain a tiny bit entertaining just seems …
If there were a magic wand that would get children to sleep, we’d all have waved it at some point. Sleep can sometimes seem more elusive than any Holy Grail. I remember times when I have literally prayed for the little dears to drop off – and I’m pretty much an atheist. Nowadays I have …
A huge thank you to the lovely S for today’s little shocker …. you may want to sit down before reading on …..
It was a gorgeous treat yesterday to zip up to the Royal Academy with two great friends. It felt like the first time for ages I had done something without some sort of work angle, purely for my own pleasure, and it was fab! Of course, I don’t pretend in the slightest to be toiling …