Why football in our street is a balls up and Christmas on Bonfire Night It’s pouring down but my son is out playing football with his friends. He loves it, he sometimes even forgets to come for lunch and, eventually, turns up shivering and exhausted. This weekend the kids organised themselves into a tournament with […]
Finding positivity in the face of more exits than entrances
Generally, in both blogland and the real world, I try to adopt a position of merciless positivity. I am convinced there is a silver lining under every cloud even if it’s of the what-doesn’t-bust-you.. variety. Lately, though, we seem to have been surrounded by more cruel coincidences than seems right by anyone’s measure. I hasten […]
First footing – with the coal, a few useful nuggets
Jingle, jingle, ho ho ho and mince pies
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