Discovering a Wonderful Writer

It’s the last working day before Christmas. Half an hour left, with a long weekend stretched out ahead. While not working I’ve been grocery shopping, put two loads of clothes through the washing machine, emptied a sink filled with dirty cups, and picked up plates and cups from all over the house. In the supermarket…

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A Quiet Dream

I had one long, continuous dream last night. When I woke this morning I played through it in my head - recounting the various twists and turns of the story my brain conjured up. For once it all made sense - there was no crazy - no disjointed plot twists, location changes, or characters bursting…

I never thought of that before

It’s been a strange few days. My other half finished working at a local infant school on Friday. The end of nearly twelve years as “the lady in the office” - and apparently a huge figure in the childhood of hundreds of small children along the way. We’ve kind of gotten used to not being…

With a little help from my friends

We went out last night - to help a good friend celebrate her birthday. We met at her house, summoned a taxi, and had the best night out in quite some time. A lovely meal, a few drinks, and lots of stories, laughter and smiles along the way. I’m SO tired today. Miraculously I didn’t…

A Piglet Moment

There's a moment in the book "The House at Pooh Corner" that has always stayed with me: Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind."Pooh!" he whispered."Yes, Piglet?""Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.” The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne I had one of those moments…

Still Here

Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated (if indeed there were any). I can’t remember the last time I let so many days go between blog posts. It’s all slightly surreal really. It’s not like I even missed writing - I just didn’t think about writing at all - which is even more odd…

What part will you play?

It’s been a bit of a week. Over the last few days one of my cousins started posting online about a hospital visit to check something potentially serious. It’s all been a bit cloak-and-dagger, and a bit awkward. It’s difficult sometimes to just go with what people feel comfortable sharing. Then last night we got…

An Evening on the Green

We live on the corner of a green - surrounded on all sides by sprawling suburbia. Among the various families living in those houses we have made wonderful friends over the years, and now and again an invitation goes out to anybody that might be able to make it - to find a quiet spot…

A Hummy Sort of Day

In the book "The House at Pooh Corner", Christopher Robin asks Winnie the Pooh what he likes best in the whole world. Pooh answers: What I like best in the whole world is Me and Piglet going to see You, and You saying "What about a little something?" and Me saying, "Well, I shouldn't mind…