Lending laughter to (mid) life

The whole role of ‘mother of an exam candidate’ is quite a learning curve in this ‘mothering life’ but in… Read More »

One v. dreary thing about getting older (and please let me say there are many, many wonderful things too) is… Read More »

In my e-mails today, blimey news travels fast!……Dear Friends,A special event hosted for gay people and their friends, by Sensation… Read More »

Where to start…………………?I note that I may have been born of elephant. The skin that I inhabit is so very… Read More »

I cannot recommend this novel more highly. It is the debut novel of Charles Ellingworth and the writing is lyrical… Read More »

Nigella says baking is a feminist issue and Joanna Trollope says working mothers produce less callous children (based on a… Read More »

Just returned from a very relaxing weekend with friends at their beautiful Georgian house (for house read mansion) where we… Read More »

We’ve all got one. (Or if you are unlucky, two). An acquaintance who phones you when they are in a… Read More »

Yesterday my brother sent me a text saying I should read pg. 23 of the Telegraph as there was a… Read More »

In case you don’t already have a shelf full of this author’s books and you have young children currently learning… Read More »

Apart from my husband asking the dog to protect us from the orange haired people last weekend (ref last blog)… Read More »

OMG why am I a woman? This is a question I ask myself every six weeks when I go for… Read More »

Wow what a week Ireland has had, visits from both the world-famous Queen followed swiftly by the US President and… Read More »

So, the ban on breastfeeding in the House of Commons has been lifted www.dailymail.co.uk…WHY?!!Just so that a few overly hormonal… Read More »

As I may have briefly mentioned in past blogs, I am madly in lust with Jamie Oliver. He is completely… Read More »

Last night Husband, Son and I had dinner at our local Japanese restaurant/cocktail bar. Yum, yum. I mention the cocktail… Read More »

Have just been reading that Pippa’s bottom is due to Pilates which is either heartening or soul destroying whichever way… Read More »

Yesterday, made the momentous decision to actually stop at the fishmongers on the A272 instead of whizzing by, as I… Read More »

We had yet another burglary in the street 2 nights ago and one attempted break in, another family with their… Read More »

“Children Learn What they Live” Dorothy Law If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn… If a child… Read More »

Just had to drop an art portfolio to my Son at his school – a real nuisance as I have… Read More »

We are, apparently, heading for a hosepipe ban and I hear that farmers are despairing as their crops are going… Read More »

Woke up at 6.05am this morning. Was Husband pecking cheek that did it. Was dreaming about Christmas (?) when blearly… Read More »

Thank you, Grace, as your new berry discovery leads nicely into my recipe for chocolate orange cake which would go… Read More »

Strasberries. Yep, strasberries. A fruit that’s half strawberry and half raspberry. Round, soft and very aromatic – I chose them… Read More »

I have a friend who is rowing this week, from the source of the river Thames to St. Bart’s Hospital… Read More »

Have been enjoying a fantastically productive week. Everything has gone my way. A long list of phone calls went smoothly… Read More »

There is a beautiful song from the 70′s that I would like to dedicate to my wonderful ex mother in… Read More »

For all you dog lovers out there on this rather grey day in Spa Town, I give you: The ultimate… Read More »

As I was sunning myself on a kingsize lounger by an azure blue pool overlooking the equally azure blue Indian… Read More »

I have always loved the American TV series, Grey’s Anatomy, mainly because Patrick Dempsey is so delicious as Derek aka… Read More »

I’d never heard of flat chicken. Ever. In all my years. Until last week when not one, not two, but… Read More »

They say a week in politics is a long time as it is in any one’s life…….8 days ago Grace… Read More »

Your poor friend A, I remember having my cat put to sleep a few years ago, afterwards I got back… Read More »

My breath could kill at six paces this morning – that’s because I was on the overnight flight from Oman… Read More »

Just been chatting and shedding a shared tear with my friend who had to have her dog put to sleep… Read More »

No I have not done anything dramatic, as indicated by my blog title, but I have just finished reading Major… Read More »

Girls back to uni, Eldest Son gone back to London to haunt the nightclubs in search of Her Royal Hotness,… Read More »

Another beautiful day in Spa Town, sun is up, tea is hot and sweet, I’ve still got my PJ”s on… Read More »