I was taking Boy One to youth club on Monday evening. The sun was shining, but low down so dust motes sparkled, the day was more or less under control and all was well. Boy One was talking about Walkers Crisps and their Flavour Cup range. In case you haven’t noticed, and if you’re over […]
Fish and Chip Friday is important
Worm holes, the Rubicon cross code and boozer babies
Coalition is a splendrous thing… while it lasts. Boys One and Two spent a diligent afternoon in den building. Here’s the result. Pluto is in the Kyper Belt and it’s ‘only’ a dwarf planet. Boy One was fascinating me with his outer-space chat at breakfast time and we fell to discussing space travel. He believes […]
If I roll up my sleeves can I make it clean and lovely?
I am resolved, summer is a-comin’ in and all that. While stopping short of actually spring cleaning, I’m going to start solving the domestic mysteries that have beset me lately. These include: Why there is glitter in the tumble dryer when this is a house full of boys and we are miles from Christmas? Why […]
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Attack of the tuneless earworm
Gorse flower wine, wild footballs and ice cream adventures
Other things I’ve learned today. Gorse doesn’t grow in Newfoundland. During a splendid walking, talking, pushing infants morning with sister Super Pharmacist (like Wonder Woman but wearing a white coat over her shiny knickers) we met a couple of Newfoundlanders. We were marching around the woodlands near the Falkirk Wheel and all was the livid […]