I was going to do a post about National Sibling’s Day, but I’m a bit late owing to life getting in the way, so I’m catching up with blog posts now and thought I’d redefine the title and call it “National Bloody Great Children’s Day” instead so that I can […]
Ask any embattled parent about their teenager’s attitude to risk and you will get the same worldwide answer. In fact they don’t really need to say anything – the look of sheer terror is another universally recognised badge of honour. We all know that teenagers are a danger to themselves […]
The sun was shining as we ambled around Paris in the spring, exploring the capital with an extremely relaxed itinerary and comfortable walking shoes. Interesting iconic buildings, cool people, great brasseries and shops seem to appear around almost every corner infused with that intangible joie de vivre the French do […]
Has anyone else noticed the rise of rosé drinking in the UK compared to a few years ago? It’s always been a summer drink pour moi and my girlfriends and just one male friend who was brought up in France and has been drinking rosés for over 35 years. This […]
HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL. I hope it was a good one…despite the appalling weather. We’ve been making Easter eggs and chilling together. Which has been really lovely. My son was so impressed with the eggs that he didn’t believe that we’d made them ourselves (well to be fair my […]
EARTH HOUR Earth hour is a worldwide movement organised by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) AND THERE’S JUST ONE DAY TO GO. The event is held annually and encourages everyone, from individuals to communities and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm […]
When your child calls and you can’t help, it is terrifying. As a parent, your job is to protect them, but when they are out in the big wide world in trouble and you are far away, there is nothing you can do. I can only imagine the horror of […]
It’s World Poetry Day on the 21st March and this year the theme is “Change”. Change can mean so many things in the English language and it can be a verb or a noun. So on this day, I thought I’d give a poem a try:- Be the change you […]
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century. Damaged ecosystems affect the quantity and quality of […]
HAPPY NATIONAL SINGLE PARENT DAY I think this is possibly just a US thing, but oh well, I’m stealing it on the other side of the pond to acknowledge all the single parents in the UK and all over the world, because there are rather a lot of us these […]
Happy International Women’s Day 2018!! A big shout out to all the women of the world – this is not only a time to celebrate, but a time to reflect where we are and how much there is left to do. I don’t need to go into quite how much […]
My youngest child is not sure about whether it is still worth going to university. He is more entrepreneurial that my other two children and less inclined to enjoy academia. He chose to do Btec’s instead of A’levels, as he was better suited to a continual assessment style approach rather […]
In our rather frenetic and fractured lives, is poetry actually becoming a thing? A burgeoning creative trend. Even brands such as Coca Cola and Microsoft are beginning to use poetry to cut through the noise and grab viewers attention. Intelligence Squared hosted The Power of Poetry event in an attempt […]
