“But why?” It’s a question that draws a deep sigh from even the most patient parent. Not me though. I’m not even a slightly, vaguely patient parent so by the time I we get to “But why?” I’ve graduated from sighing, through eye-rolling and muttering to swearing under my breath. Perhaps that’s why my children have been […]
How do you define your family?
Detective games: spotting the clues…
Usually the clues are easy to spot. It’s the moment when the camera holds a seemingly irrelevant shot for a beat longer than necessary, or there’s some chatter about a trivial side issue. That’s the point you know where the answer might lie. If you meet a character who is smoking, admiring themselves in a […]
Maya Angelou – my favourite quotes
Things we learned from a family adventure at Turnberry
There are too many flipping holiday Mondays at this time of year. Most annoying, you never know quite which day of the week you’re at and it’s hard to get anything finished. Still one particular holiday Monday saw the big Boys and I heading south as we’d been invited to enjoy a Family Adventure at Turnberry. “Yeah, […]
Things I’ve learned from Silent Witness: Trauma Tales at Stirling Castle
“Let’s do some date nights,” the Panther of News and I have agreed. Something to add a little extra – if not romance – that certainly a bit of time away from the boring old work-home-telly-repeat routine. So when I got an email telling me of a Historic Scotland event called Silent Witness: Trauma Tales […]
Things I’ve learned from having a shiny new car
Scottish Independence Referendum: Making a stand on not making a stand
That’s it. I’m going public with my position on September’s independence referendum. There are is only a handful of months until we have to decide whether or not Scotland should go it alone or not. So I’m declaring that I’m officially a card-carrying member of the ‘don’t know‘ brigade.There, glad it’s out in the public now. […]