Yearly Archive: 2011

I had such a lovely day last week – a friend needed some help on her allotment so I went along with my trowel ready to lend a hand.  I never need much excuse...

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” These are the opening...

It’s five o’clock and I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner.  From big daughter’s bedroom above the kitchen comes a constant thud-thud-thud from her CD player which even drowns out the radio I’ve got playing. ...

We usually try to eat our evening meals together at the table.  It’s not always easy, with my husband sometimes working late and the siren call of Scooby Doo on the television, but we...

“Congratulations!” read the email. “We have good news about your lottery ticket!” “We could buy a pony … JLS … the make up counter at Boots!” suggested big daughter. “I could be a mermaid,”...

Happy New Year!  Usually, I try to not be specific about resolutions other than to try to be a good person, as invariably I’ve forgotten about them by March, but this year I intend...