What evokes Christmas for you is so closely tied to your own culture: the sights, the sounds. And the smells. Given that our brain links scent to memory in such a powerful way, often a key part of the season is the smells. That’s why supermarkets stock bottles of ready-made mulled wine, and much more …
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Readings in the build-up to Christmas isn’t something new. The web is full of daily readings for advent, pitched at a whole range of different ages and stages. What does it mean to share a book – or a series of stories – over nearly a month? === Christmas Past I don’t remember regular reading …
It’s a beautiful day out. Blue skies, wonderful trees opposite, now turned the colour of orange zest. The light, the colours are what I hope for for autumn. But in fact, it’s December already. Right now it looks a long way away from Christmas card scenes of snow, robins and the like. Yet I know, …
It’s another Thursday. That’s a start. Might even be an opportunity to do some blogging again. It’s nearly the end of the month – that month where I said I would come up with more ideas for picture books. The numerically astute among you will see that didn’t really happen. At least, not at the ‘one …
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A month of inspiration? I know. A few ideas, yes, but not a month’s worth. Turns out that’s OK. At least, it’s OK by me, and since I tend to have my own take on other people’s monthly themes, to quote Victor Borge, ‘that’s the way it’s gonna BE!’. Anyway, I think there may be …
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