Heads down to the shortest day. Nine more days, then the light levels will start to lift again. I can’t wait. — I remember reading something by Monty Don, the gardener, a few years ago. He wrote about the difficulty of gardening in that October – December slot, the time of shortening days. (There is …
Category archives: Food
Moments: October 2014
Having reminded myself not to worry about how often I write, I now feel ready for a bit of a Moments round-up. Another month is whizzing by, and I feel the need to pin a few pieces of it down. Fresh moments seem as plentiful as leaves on the tree. You think they’ll stay just …
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 …
In the time it takes to cook an egg
It’s that mad dash to put food on the table in the evening. Back from a sports class, small people’s need to eat – and their limited patience while food is cooking – mean it needs to be quick. Mini and Junior aren’t entirely reading off the same menu at the moment. That’s OK. Tea …
Lit Kid: books with holes in
I’m not here to encourage you to get the scissors out (and you’d have a hard time doing so with board books). But I am being reacquainted with certain categories of books, following in the wake of Mini Reader, who has some very definite ideas about what makes a good book. One with holes in, …