Theoretically being trapped in a tin box with hundreds of strangers for hours on end is exactly the kind of thing to fill me with horror. No escape, no alternative and no chance of doing my own thing. And I’ll admit as we boarded the gigantic Princess Seaways in Newcastle I was somewhat apprehensive. We […]
Who’s the daddy?
It’s Father’s Day. In our house there were hand-made cards and a breakfast picnic hastily reconvened at the kitchen range because of the downpour. On social media, dads were bragging, families posting about gatherings and long-gone fathers fondly remembered. What can I add about dads, today? I miss my dad, he inspired my first ever […]
Cardboard castles and the battlements of doom
Time is precious. We know that. At any moment – tick tock – the proverbial bus of metaphorical fate could come hurtling along the hypothetical highway of life squashing you into a puddle before you can get out of the way, damp and indignant. I’m not saying time shouldn’t be squandered, sometimes a moochy, meaningless, […]
Deadline for a bicycling beaver…
A late summer walk too beautiful for photos
Sun was sinking slowly and lighting the fluffy floating seeds as it went. Boy Three and I were walking home through the still, mild evening. This’ll make a lovely photo. But then, Boy Three’s hot sticky fingers squeezed mine. “Mum do you promise to hold my hand all the way home?” “Of course I do. […]