Progress is good, isn’t it? You know, clever people coming up with more ingenious things – like being able to print 3D sweeties or ways to send photos to people that they can only see for a few seconds. Before you know it, you’ll wonder how you lived without these magical innovations. However, with every […]
On the beginnings and endings of school days…
Kids’ questions that don’t have an easy answer…
“But why?” It’s a question that draws a deep sigh from even the most patient parent. Not me though. I’m not even a slightly, vaguely patient parent so by the time I we get to “But why?” I’ve graduated from sighing, through eye-rolling and muttering to swearing under my breath. Perhaps that’s why my children have been […]
How do you define your family?
Detective games: spotting the clues…
Usually the clues are easy to spot. It’s the moment when the camera holds a seemingly irrelevant shot for a beat longer than necessary, or there’s some chatter about a trivial side issue. That’s the point you know where the answer might lie. If you meet a character who is smoking, admiring themselves in a […]