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Hidden dangers of the workplace

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‘Elf and safety – common sense in a high-viz jerkin. I am not one for paying too much attention to health and safety. In fact, I’m a reformed rule-flouter. No longer reckless, reck must have arrived at some point. But today began with me trying to clean my teeth with some fancy facial scrub that […]

No regrets on Mother’s Day… or any day

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As Mother’s Day looms again – I thought it was time to give this post another airing. How did your mothering go? Are you still in the midst of it, or is it mostly behind you? Were you a success today?   How did you do? Were you any good?    Clearly a successful parenting […]

Spookily in disguise as a proper parenting blogger

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 Did you have a good Halloween? I spent mine in an MLitt class with a lot of poetry in it followed by some chasing around the county collecting and dropping off children.    The poetry has the potential to be very scary – or not. Just when I think I’ve got the measure of it and […]

My week in shoes

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I rather enjoyed Last Year’s Girl’s take on her busy week. Probably more than her, as it seems like it was a little traumatic. Anyhow, it gave me the notion to do something similar. At the mercy of ScotRail a couple of times a week hasn’t turned out too badly. Although flat and comfy shoes […]

Life’s not fair when you’ve got siblings

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My triumvirate of sons have one thing in common. They will all wail “it’s not fair” many times a day as one injustice or another befalls them. Almost certainly they have perceived that one of their number has been treated differently and, in the unlikely event that it’s not my fault, it will fall to […]