Off to Dunfermline today, to give a hand to A and her kids. With the eldest now in school, a visitor to the house allows D, no. 2, to up the vehicular ante, and fit as many transport books as he can. D’s specialist subject is tractors, for which he will happily count up to …
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Cremola Foam: the taste of summer
Overwhelmed as I am with receiving comments, I know that what you really wanted to read about was Cremola Foam. I have a Useful Notebook that gets carried around, partly so I can work out which children’s book to buy for which new arrival and that kind of thing, but it’s useful for ideas about …
Back to blog school
It seems that blogs could be seasonal. A bit like soup. It gets a little darker, the need for stodgy food reappears on the shopping list…and for words, that familiar comfort, to make an appearance. Or maybe they’re seasonal creatures, like birds. Come the spring, blog words need to go to warmer climes (warmer than Scotland anyway), …
And now from our reporter in…
Haven’t been able to file a report from abroad before. I’m sure it ought to be very exciting, full of drama and tension. Except I’m in Bonn, the town where it was said, by one of the diplomats in residence at the time, that ‘every day was a little like Sunday’. It’s certainly felt like it …
Revisiting childhood haunts
Same again folks. Back to the Isle of Jura. For all that it’s good to see new places, it’s also great to have ones that stay in your mind – and that you are part of. We had been away three years. I couldn’t quite believe it was that long, but we added it up. …