It was MD Writer's Club last night and in a change from our usual programme we had a guest speaker in. Brenda Read-Brown is a writer, primarily a performance poet and it was brilliant to listen to her - I forget how much I love watching performance poets because they challenge me to think often… Continue reading Poetry
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Off On a Treasure Hunt
It's a beautiful day today - perfect Autumn picture with bright sunshine, blue skies, chilly wind and a bite to the air. With it being half-term we wanted to give the Smalls a treat and suddenly remembered that English Folkfan had set them a challenge: So a Treasure Hunt around town it was. On went… Continue reading Off On a Treasure Hunt
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Discovering Autumn
Last Autumn Arthur was only a few months old and not really up to exploring and due to our family situation Tori didn't have as many opportunities to explore the wonder of the changing seasons as I'd have liked. This year I want to do my best to make up for that. Tori gets a… Continue reading Discovering Autumn
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‘I Don’t Want To!’
If I had 50p for every time Tori has said that since she went to bed this evening I'd be able to afford a Chinese takeaway for two. She's not feeling too bright, with a cough and a sniffle, and this has manifested itself in the stubborn decision that she doesn't want to go to… Continue reading ‘I Don’t Want To!’
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The Little Things
It's the small things that make a day a good one: Your little ones giggling together in their room during a brief truce in their sibling battles. Hiding under a bridge in a rainstorm together. Romping as a family, laughing, squealing and running. Randomly leaping on your boyfriend for a piggyback much to the bemusement… Continue reading The Little Things
Carole Finds Her Wings 