Dear Newish Blogger, Hello and welcome. Congratulations on your new blog – or even your new resolution to start a blog. You are in for a treat. It will enrich your life in more ways than you can think of. I’m moved, though, to write to you because I’ve been blogging for a very, very […]
Slackers’ guide to books – Pearson, Coelho, Liptrot, Greene, Webb, Conrad, Irvine, Auster
How Hard Can It Be? By Allison Pearson Kate Reddy is back – teetering on the brink of menopause and marriage breakdown. Just as annoying as she ever was. This time it’s worse because Kate is getting on a bit yet still hasn’t cottoned on to the fact that her children, husband and sister need […]
Why #MeToo matters so much
Have you seen all the #MeToo posts? They are by women who are putting up their virtual hands to say that they’ve been sexually assaulted or harassed too, in response to the Weinstein scandal. Women like you and I. It’s important to show how wide-spread this is and how, until now, so many women dealt with […]
What’s been going on this week – Birthdays, weather and a gourmet delight
In an ideal world, I’d have lots of time to bring perfectly crafted blog posts forth into the world. But it’s just not happening, so you can have a rough and dirty update from Planet Bundance. It was Boy One’s 18th birthday and we marked the occasion with a trip to Edinburgh. Almost every time […]
Is anyone else losing their marbles?
Sometimes I find that I have dropped not just the ball, but the rest of the equipment and most of my clothes. I don’t want to make a drama about it, but it does seem to have been particularly theatre-related this year. First there was the time that Boy Two and I headed off into […]