October has seen me decide to reboot the blog before. This time round, it’s probably looking like the reverse. That’s OK. Blogs come and go, but they can also restart; have a hiatus while the writer is doing something else important, and many more variants. I’m not doing daily writing discipline, this time round. Nor …
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Do you ever remember thinking about the things you would share with your kids, when they came along? All those things you love. All those things that you know something about. All those things that you think might even be helpful to them when they grow up. Well. Some of that happens. Occasionally they even …
Moments: September 2014
September comes round, and for once this year, it’s not about starting up writing again. But it might be about not getting stuck when I don’t post for a while. I like September. It’s often one of the best picture months on the calendar (have you noticed? Go and look at your own wall calendar …
Marching two by two
We’ve just had our first go at separate trips, over a long weekend. Dan took Junior Reader to see his side of the family, I took Mini to my parents. It’s strange, just to be two of us. One parent, one child – and two grandparents to help pick up the slack. Well, no. Two …
Lit Kid: pulling strings and lifting flaps
Mini Reader continues to have some clearly expressed views about books. Amongst them are: Flaps are good. There is a whole slew of lift the flap books out there. Mini has a particular fondness for Spot the dog, who has a good number of flap books to his credit, but there are many others besides …
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