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If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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Recipe: Feminist Jam

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Jam bam, thank you ma’am Ingredients: Whatever you’ve got that’s fruity. We’re not looking for ripe and luscious (though it would be most welcome). It doesn’t matter if some of it is a little bitter (that’s understandable). You might find it somewhat seedy and slightly whiskery. Some of the best will be soft in the […]

312/365 Day 9 and we need a collective noun for bloggers

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  It’s Blogfest day and I’m in London after a cosy night on the sleeper. I’m excited about the day ahead – hearing inspiring speakers, meeting old chums and refueling my passion for blogging. Not, of course, that my blogging fire is dwindling in any way. But I’ve learned that the energy generated by a […]

310/365 Look into my eyes, mummy

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Putting Boy Three into the car to go to nursery this morning, he suddenly flung his arms around my neck as I leaned over to strap him in. He pulled me close. “Look into my eyes mummy,” he gripped my face between his hands so I was within kissing distance of the tip of his nose. My heart […]

309/365 day 6 The Ingratitude of the Lucky

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  “Tell us about a time everything fell into place.” When I saw today’s prompt, I thought it would be an easy one. Things fall into place all the time with a satisfying clunk. They do for me. My car engine works, my wifi connects, my fridge yields ingredients, my family come home, my writing […]

308/365 day 5 it goes with a bang

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  I love fireworks. They’re pointless, noisy and fleeting. They are potentially dangerous and expensive. What else would draw perfectly sane people to huddle in a field up to their ankles in mud or worse? Even the names are colourful – rockets, Roman candles and Catherine wheels. Maybe it’s the transience of the rainbow explosion […]