Category: Monthly Musing

It’s not always easy when you’re rushing around at breakneck speed, but I do try my best to remember that life isn’t always about being in the fast lane but is also about taking...

It’s not quite 9am and I’m sitting on the bedroom floor in a patch of sunlight knitting a sock. There are probably half a dozen things I could be doing instead – sorting out...

I was watching the weather report on TV last night and apparently this February is the warmest on record for the UK – quite a difference from last year when the “Beast from the...

Big daughter has left one of her text books on the table. It’s a book about yoga for teenagers and she’s been reading it as reference for a university essay she’s writing about reducing...

I am walking with the dog to the post box to re-post a Christmas card that was wrongly delivered to us.  It’s dark, it’s raining, I’ve forgotten my mittens and my hands are freezing. ...

“What’s this leaf, Mum?” Small daughter and I were walking the dog and she’d picked a large leaf blown down by the Autumn winds. Because I’ve spent years as a parent answering questions, it...