One tries one’s very best to look on the bright side and unearth the silver lining, however deeply it is buried and however malodourous the thing that is burying it. Lately, however, I encountered a couple of moments for which the opportunity was not immediately obvious. You know? The kind of thing that rocks you […]
On bad news and good news
It’s been a bit of a mixed week for Boy Three – culminating with being fired out of a cannon, cunningly disguised as a cement mixer (the cannon, not the child). He has spent much of the last week twanging with worry about coronavirus. Not surprising really as everywhere he turns, news outlets are giving […]
If the Internet was your boyfriend…
If the Internet was your boyfriend, your pals would be trying to tell you that ‘you can do better’, ‘he’s not good enough’ and ‘they’re getting slightly worried about you’. They’d remember a time before the Internet came along, when it was just you gals together, always there for each other. The gang. One of […]
Lettuce take a moment to be grateful
A seasonal cleanse
In the interest of seeking silver linings (a good thing, apparently) I was prepared to repurpose my pre-colonoscopy bowel prep as a post-binge detox this week. And so it was… By Friday morning, my scales told me that I was the equivalent of six jelly babies lighter than I had been at the start of […]