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Fireman Samantha and her pretty, pretty pink helmet

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Last Sunday, pandering to Boy Three’s Fireman Sam fixation, we visited our local fire station which was taking part in the Doors Open Day scheme.  There were fire engines, Blaze the Bear being rescued from a tower, a bouncy castle (who knew fire stations had them?), avuncular firefighers, corpulent firefighters and, even, some mildly decorative […]

Tulips from Berlin – a love story

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You made me think of floral clogs The Panther of News has been aprowl, far and wide… well Berlin actually. And when he came back this is what he brought me.  No, your eyes don’t deceive. He’s given me clog-shaped slippers made out of a rather super tulip print fabric. They have a cosy green […]

9/11 shines some light on Asperger Syndrome

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This morning Boy One said: “I don’t understand what all the fuss about the 9/11 thing is all about, mum.” Being quite affected by the coverage and my memories, I was somewhat taken about. How can he seem so careless about this international outrage?  “But lots of people were killed,” I said. “I know mum, […]

Decision time: please help me pick the best

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Cover story: which do you prefer? I know lots of lovely Facebook chums and Twitter pals have already given me their thoughts, I thought you might like to do so too.  The book is almost finished (honest, Ms Publisher) just a few revisiony tweaks and, hopefully, it’s done. So, now, and you can’t imagine how […]