Storm brewing outside. We’ve let the kids know that it’s going to be noisy, but they are safe inside. I think they believe us (mostly). I feel a bit the same, writing. Some days, it seems a gale goes on before I can sit down and write, and I’m only really writing once a week. But …
Category archives: Eco
Weekly snapshot: 21 January
Enjoying silence tonight. (So far, anyway. Mini’s got a cold.) I love those points when the house shuts down for the night, and there is a chance for some brain space. What to say of the last week? —- Peter Rabbit reigns supreme just now. Kind relatives bought Mini the whole set of Beatrix Potter …
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 …
A life through leftovers
Something happens along the way with kids. You’re already accustomed to putting them first in so many areas: when you sleep, when you wake, when you use the bathroom independently (if you’re lucky) comes back to them. And that’s OK. So too is planning a certain amount of things based on them: what they enjoy, …
Making: new uses for treasured T-shirts
We were on holiday, and Junior Reader noticed a problem. Come another summer or two, and a beloved T-shirt would cease to fit. Now we’re OK on this in a few different ways: – Junior Reader doesn’t grow terribly fast (so far), so the T-shirt still has some life in it yet – we’re pretty …