In a bun dance

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Something wrong in the four-year-old’s view of the world

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Boy Three as a red devil  “Mummy, help me.” Boy Three was sitting at the table amid a scatter of top-less pens and broken crayons.“In a minute.”“No. Now!”“Ok. What do you want?”“I want you to draw this for me.”“Why? You could draw it, couldn’t you?” “Well. I’m a boy and you’re a girl,” “So?”“D’oh. Girls are […]

Oh my dog: karma from the canine world.

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Preparing for downward dog We have had a house guest for the past week – a large black Labrador called Pinto.  He’s lovely and perfectly well behaved, a credit to his owner. And he’s also been very instructive.  I hadn’t previously pawsed to consider how much wisdom there is in the wag of a tail […]