Edinburgh in August. Ugh! Crowds, idiots on unicycles and shouty antipodean jugglers. Why would you even bother? It’s a little bit like that if you’re trying to get somewhere around the centre of the city. Luckily for me, though, I don’t have to. It’s one of those viewpoints that speaks of world-weary got-the-t-shirt experience, rather […]
Is hot yoga something to sweat about?
Exam result day – managing the stress…
Not the children’s stress, of course. Mine. All day Facebook was bulging with proud parents telling everyone exactly how well their offspring had done. Which is great. Marvellous, in fact. I’m delighted for them. And, then it was time for the photo of shiny-haired teenagers jumping for joy. You know the one. Well you should, […]
Reasons to love Scottish Weather
Other people’s kids
“Hell is other people,” according to Sartre. Though what he really meant is “hell is other people’s kids”. Probably. I don’t mean the kids themselves – most of them as lovely – in fact, all of Boy Three’s wee pals are super. What’s hell is being responsible for other people’s kids. Boy Three has his […]