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World Book Day: Favourite Fictional Bears

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UPDATE: I wrote this a couple of years ago but it contains one of my favourite photos of Boys Two and Three. Please don’t tell Boy Two I’ve brought this out of the archive as, funnily enough, he doesn’t rate the picture these days. It’s nearly World Book Day again which is the ideal excuse […]

What’s on my mind this week…

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It’s only just December and already I’m in the grip of the seasonal sweat. It’s what happens when your already busy life gets an addition clutch of festive events for every person you live with and, strangely, it’s down to you to make them all happen. Ho ho ho hum. Add to that that everyone […]

I finally get round to writing about this

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  There are few things about which I will not blog. You, dear reader, probably know far more about me than you ever wanted. But, frankly, if you don’t want to know, stop reading. I don’t make hard-and-fast rules about what I’ll talk about and what I won’t. It’s mostly instinct and the feeling that […]

A fine fellowship of women

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Sometimes, I don’t like people very much. In theory they’re great – the idea of other humans is very warm and fuzzy indeed. I love them between the pages of a book, on telly and even on social media. It’s just in real life they’re sometimes a struggle, with their noise and opinions. I think […]

Down with tinsel

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… At least for another month. I arrived in Aviemore on Friday night. For a yoga weekend, if you care. And the bright moonlight bounced off the orange and yellows in the trees. Sometimes the mild gusts caught another handful of crinkly leaves and flung them down the Main Street.  Autumn colours suitably pumpkiny for […]