I feel like I’ve played a more elaborate game of tag with school, these past 12 months. Up until 2020, I’d been the reigning champion of the game for almost 13 years in a row. No trophy, but we all knew. Admittedly, there are only two players in our particular […]
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Novel – my word of the week
I asked one of the children what they missed most this past year. We’d been talking about being back in March again, but neither of us felt convinced that a whole 11 months had played out in the meantime. I have to admit, I expected her to come back with […]
Read moreAbout a knitted blanket
Definitely a day to huddle under a knitted blanket and read a book, although I might need to wait until later, after work. Oh, and don’t be fooled. That blanket is still being knitted and is a work in progress. I woke an hour before our alarm was due to […]
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When my children were little, I bought a stethoscope for them. One that you could listen to hearts and hear the thump, thump. It wasn’t the reason I bought it, but a lovely added bonus. I wanted a stethoscope so we could listen to the sap rising in the trees […]
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