My lovely mummy makes another appearance! I wrote last year as a guest on this subject, about the continuing struggle of women across the world to be educated, treated fairly and allowed to be free to make life choices. I also celebrated the freedom we have in this country, bought by the determination of women … Continue reading »
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Wishes like lanterns
It’s the season for resolutions, plans, diets, new starts. I saw in 2011 with CC in Hawkshead village square, with ale and folk singing and lanterns, fireworks at less than ten paces and a frosty clear star-spread sky. If wishes were lanterns, all of our dreams would fly
Bright as a new pin
To the new year, I’d like to introduce my new niece: Ruby Melissa So far living up to her name by being a very deep pink, she was born on Monday and brought home on a snow day, not yet three full days old. As my colleague said to me this morning, ‘That is new! … Continue reading »
74: granddad
I saw my granddad today. I love my granddad. Things I love about my granddad: He always feeds you on pastry for both courses – quiche salad followed by a pie from the loke. He always gives you a cup of tea to drink with your dinner. He never lets you wash up to economise … Continue reading »
85: Susan Ormond’s birthday party
The aging ape grew out of shape because he ate… and ate… and ate. I seem to be completely unable to exercise self-control when there’s food in front of me. I have nothing but admiration for girls who eat as much as they need and then sit contentedly leaving food uneaten on their plates. I … Continue reading »
98: dedication
May the Lord bless you and keep you May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and give you his peace. And the blessing of Almighty God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – remain with you now and evermore. Amen. Every good and perfect gift comes from God. Even our children. So … Continue reading »
#5 Misery Business – Paramore
I’m in the business of misery Let’s take it from the top She’s got a body like an hourglass And it’s ticking like a clock A couple of summers ago, I found myself living in my parents’ house with my little sister. The house was up for sale, my parents had moved out, everything was … Continue reading »
#4 Tubular Bells/On Horseback* – Mike Oldfield
There aren’t many people who would choose to play the theme music for The Exorcist to their children, but my dad did. Long car journeys were always made interesting by Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. We’d all take it in turns to air play the different instruments, especially at the end when all the instruments are … Continue reading »
25 random things
It’s a facebook/chain letter/e-mail craze that’s been written about in Time Magazine and the New York Times. I’m joining in. 1. There are definitely more than 25 things about me that you don’t know. Hell, I’m fairly sure there are more than 25 things about me that I don’t know. I suspect that the people who … Continue reading »
Christmas cliches
This post is probably a little late, but never mind. I feel like I’ve had a particularly cliched Christmas this year, and so to empirically determine whether my feelings are justified or not, I’ve taken lines from well-known songs about Christmas to see how closely my experience matches up. Sadly there are no songs about … Continue reading »
