Lending laughter to (mid) life

Having spent an hectic half term with endless house guests together with two of my children I am now on… Read More »

As we gutted a pumpkin at her kitchen table, Julia and I discussed the walk we’d just had on theSouth… Read More »

Ellie – I cannot believe it, just as you get your head above water for an instant, to take a… Read More »

As I was ironing a particularly stubborn crease in Husband’s pink shirt (God when will the damned thing wear out?!)… Read More »

Maverick Sabre.I predict high achievement for this dude.Ellie x

During our married life, Husband Son and I have moved house seven times – so it’s not all that surprising… Read More »

Those Halloweeny/Bonfirey/Christmassy invites have started dropping through the letterbox and even though most of them are from Country School I… Read More »

Last week I was driving my 85 year old mother down to Dorset to see my elder sister and her… Read More »

My friend’s young son was in a French lesson at school when the teacher asked him where he lived. “J’habite… Read More »

Well I think you are both amazing the way you cook on an Aga at all! This family just wouldn’t… Read More »

Like Annabel, I love baking. Unlike her, I am no good at it. I happily trawl the internet for recipes… Read More »

When I was young, free and single I did not cook and so all my friends believed I couldn’t. In… Read More »

A few weeks ago we decided to book lunch atPetersham Nurseriesnear Richmond because a Michelin starred cafe in a greenhouse… Read More »

What do you suppose is the significance of tooth dreams? Well apparently themajority of tooth dreams are not the most… Read More »

Eldest Daughter flies the nest today as she starts her first job………in Qatar. She was interviewed last Monday, job confirmed… Read More »

I’ve been watching tutorials on how to walk in high heels. Apparently the trick is to start with tiny kitten… Read More »

What a beautiful day, spoiled emphatically by the fact that I agreed to act as year rep this term, having… Read More »

Instead of going upstairs to bed like a sensible person, I found myself glued, at 1.15am, to aYou Tube vid… Read More »

Grace, I once lost younger daughter’s puppy whilst on a walk and having run all around the woods yelling his… Read More »

Yesterday I lost my composure, my cool, let’s just say I was definitely not chilled. Our, or more accurately, my… Read More »

I am not Imelda Marcos though my husband, who has no real idea, would not agree but I do like… Read More »

“Do you know” my Husband confided to me yesterday “I’ve got achey elbows”. I’m afraid that, far from being sympathetic,… Read More »

Oh A I love the idea of Steve Jobs up there inventing some way for them above to talk to… Read More »

As I write this on my iMac, with my iPod playing in the background and my iPhone never far from… Read More »

OK, I have had the odd luxury cashmere jersey from TSE and N. Peal but, these days, Uniqlo is more… Read More »

You may be surprised to learn that I have a burgeoning voice-over career going on. Things have been gently bubbling… Read More »

We have a club in Henley called Phyllis Court which, whilst it is loved by its loyal members, is set… Read More »

Back from the northern most reaches of grey, drizzly Scotland, where the heatwave’s tentacles sadly did not reach.All I will… Read More »

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY A,HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND HAPPY DAY!!! KISS, KISS, KISS, KISS…HUG.P.S NO IMPORTANT RUGBY ON… Read More »