I am notoriously bad at starting a project and not finishing it. A few slip through the net and make it to the end but most languish. Maybe forever. As my husband can testify, I can walk over unfinished projects, for months, without batting an eyelid. At work once, I […]
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Enjoying the small things
(Stitchwort and Bluebells) Leaning on my spade this weekend, I couldn’t help imagining all the yummy food that would (hopefully) pop up in the raised beds I was working on, given time. I’d added compost to improve the fertility. Sown the seeds. Added water. Nothing else to do, but stand […]
Read morePie dishes and car boot sale
We went to a local car boot sale over the weekend. It’s been a while. I warned the children not to expect to buy anything. Always go with a minimal, mental list of things you’d like to find and avoid impulse buying, otherwise all you’re doing is moving clutter from […]
Read moreWell trod, or not, path
When you sit down and really think about the message behind Little Red Riding Hood story, you begin to see the many layers of messages it contains. Not wishing to teach my grandmother to suck eggs here, so to speak, but fairy tales have always been used to pass on […]
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