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If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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20/365 The wipe

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It seems almost pointless getting the car cleaned when so many more days of gritted roads lie ahead. However, I did need to see out so it was the first of a big fat Sunday full of chores. Variously we have also baked and wrapped (there’s a birthday ahead), erected (new toy shelves) and tidied, cooked […]

19/365 Dilated to meet you

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Boy Three made his first trip to the optician today. He’s only three and a half but the staff at nursery suggested it would be a good idea. He’s a clumsy little chap, but I’d put it down to his habit of hurtling everywhere at top speed.But stopping to consider it, Boy Two wears specs […]

18/365 When skies are blue…

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When skies are blue it means it’s probably snowing somewhere else… This morning we were treated to pink tinged fluffy clouds while the rest of the country battled through a white hell. The children are particularly miffed about this state of affairs. Me, I can live with it. 

17/365 My city walk

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I pass this way on one of my favourite regular walks. Once a fortnight, I hand the kids over to The Panther and walk away. Fast. As I march across the city, my head fills with plot twists, story ideas and the general thrilling possibilities that come from making things up. On a sharp frosty night, Glasgow […]