Friday phrases: happy as kings

I don’t generally post on Fridays. I could, of course. I have, too, back at the stage of writing a post every day. But I mostly post in the evenings. It’s down time; when I read blogs, look on Facebook. It makes it easy to post something, stick a link to it on Facebook, and …

Event management: parents wanted

Once upon a time, many moons ago it seems, I would do a spot of event management. Not ‘big corporate event, 600 delegates’ kind of events, but still, arrangements to make, people to look after. Maybe it’s the current school holidays that brings it to mind, but I’d like to think that my event management …

When we moved in

We got on with some painting at the weekend. Not the filling a blank canvas type – instead, creating the blank canvas itself. When we moved in, we were desperate to put our stamp on a place of our own. Five years of marriage: renting, saving, waiting for enough job stability to start a mortgage. …

Free the information

I promised a post about information – how we store it, what we do with it. (I am married to Mr Web Company. I appreciate the irony.) Quick answer: why keep information? It’s All Out There Anyway. (The end.) Is it really as simple as that? Yes, with more and more information online, one way …

Lit Kid: recurring phrases

I began with openings, and now I’m going onto recurring phrases in children’s books. It’s not my intention to get overly stylistic about it. I have a notebook where I am starting to record ideas for writing about children’s books, and there are (unsurprisingly) many others that could clamour for attention. But a certain amount …