Everywhere you look in Edinburgh stunning scenery, historic vistas and gobsmacking loveliness smack you in the eyes. But a pretty picture would be too easy. Posted with Blogsy
112/354 Wishing I was a girl scout…
111/365 Look again at familiar places, you might be surprised
Hands up if you want a Sunday sermon. Ahem, anyone? Helloooo?Oh well – I don’t really like them either. Especially not online ones. It’s usually some barely adequately photosshopped image of water crashing on the beach with a homily on the blindingly obvious. Pay your bills on time and you won’t get cut off. Be nice to […]
110/365 The family meeting – starting the change
Way to gateaux Yesterday, I wrote of my worries about raising feminist boys when I’m in charge of domestic things. The responses were supportive and considered – and really got me thinking. Especially one that more or less said “stop being a doormat and make things change”. You could call it “tough supportive”. It was right. It’s […]
109/365 Blogging Works – of course it does
The time has come. Enough ambling along stumbling over work in a haphazard manner. Blogging Works is how I’m going to showcase my skills and, hopefully, have people beating the proverbial path. On the new blog will be my theory about tabloid journalism being an excellent training ground for blogging. I bet you can’t wait. […]
108/365 It’s all part of the cycle…
Boy Two’s birthday bike has had its first outing, briefly between showers. He’s very excited and I’m looking forward to pedalling with him too. However, as the title of the post might suggest there’s another layer to this one. Life is a cycle, rolling on but not always straight and true.I’m reflective this evening. Boy One […]
107/365 A small act of rebellion
Is there much of a difference between being rebellious and being contrary? I suspect it all depends on where you’re looking at it from.The rebel, intent on ploughing their own furrow, sees it as brave – heroic even. A determination to do things their own way, however illogical and hard. It was good enough for […]
Review: Scootrix Noisemaker (like I don’t have enough noise makers already)
Noisemaker control panel Boy Three demonstrates the thing Review a noisemaker? Are you mad? All I want is quiet. This was my first reaction when the lovely folk at Handpicked Collection asked if we’d like to have one for Boy Three to try out. But then I had a look and realised just how much he’d love […]