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When my eldest daughter started at her sixth form college, after years of private school, she got labelled “posh”. For one thing she said “prep” instead of “homework”. Posh kids say “mummy I haven’t got any prep tonight.” Apparently. I bought her one of those old school badges you can get in novelty shops that […]
Just over a week ago we got that dreaded call, the one where your child’s school phones to say there has been an accident. “Come immediately,” they said, “we think your son has broken his collar-bone.” A trip to A&E proved them to be right. The x-ray showed a clean break just by his shoulder joint. D would […]
Your world is a garden I am waiting to see Where the sun never sets with your smile laid bare And time surrenders sweetly to the ebb and the flow Show me the way through the lavender bushes All purple and fragrant and vibrant to touch Our fingers entwined through the long graceful grass We’ll settle […]
So far I have tried to steer clear of politics on my blog. Baking, for the most part, is about escaping and let’s face it the state of the country (which ever one you live in) is top of the list when it comes to that. Unless you really have opted out – and if […]
This post is for Sleep is For The Week Writing Workshop #22, no 5: Pick an emotion that best represents your state of mind right now and write creatively on that theme. Be a woman in her mid-forties. Have a pretty good life. Be fortunate in that way. Know it, but be grateful. People are generous […]
