But can you name the tune the words come from? I am having refresher driving lessons. Fifteen and a half years on from stunning my mother with my ability to pass my driving test (she took me out to lunch on the strength of it), I am actually behind the wheel again – and so …
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Milly Molly Mandy strikes back
Honest, it started as a book review, it is in no way intended to comment on any cabinet reshuffle… Spent some pleasant time with G and S over yesterday afternoon/evening and this morning, and discovered that one of the books in S’s recent acquisitions for her girls is Milly Molly Mandy. For the uninitiated, Milly …
Fantasy online dinners
I’ve come to realise that the way to get people’s attention online (or at least on Facebook) is to write about food. Mention your latest eating experience – or even, your anticipation of that – and you get lots of virtual joining in. Is it the dark days of recession affecting us? We know that …
In the wars
Yesterday I did some half-hearted moaning about life in one’s thirties; today there’s another phenomenon that seems to creep up with age. It’s well known (or well alleged) that women end up becoming like their mothers; I think the process is accelerated if you become a mum yourself.  Facing tiredness or shock, whatever the cause, the brain …
Hitting people and running away
It’s not something I want to promote about myself. But a little bit of virtual aggro, via the Heroes application on Facebook, does seem to help when winding down for the day. (I can at this point blame Mr W, who invited me to try this application. It all started with fast cars, too. It’s …