Category: Monthly Musing

I have not been calm today.  In fact, I’ve been very cross, sitting in the car in the supermarket car park on a phone call with not so small daughter who has left getting...

I saw a feature on TV last night about a music festival where they aim to “leave only footprints” in the fields where the festival takes place after the visitors have left.  They have...

I started tidying out my yarn room today.  “Yarn room” sounds grander than it actually is – a small space between the hall and the utility room which once served as an office and...

I’ve had a lovely few days away this week with one of my best friends and her other best friend to celebrate a Big Birthday.  My friend’s intention for our trip was to try...

I took my car for a service this week and it made me think about the Winwick Mum Sockalong. You might think that’s an odd thing to be thinking about at a garage, but...

“This makes me feel very grown-up!” Not so small daughter and I were sitting at the kitchen table setting up a SIPP (self-invested personal pension) in her name.  Still at university, she did take...