Category: Monthly Musing

“Did you think I’d forgotten to make the tea?” It was a Sunday morning and I was in a shared hotel room with one of my best friends. It had been a gloriously indulgent...

Big daughter’s mantra at the moment is “Live your best life”. It’s a good mantra and one that I am happy to adopt for myself, although I am less pleased when she whispers it...

I spend a lot of time on social media, in my own Winwick Mum Facebook groups (here and here) and in others, and also on Instagram where I love to see the stream of...

Our Aga turned itself off very suddenly last week.  It has been known to do this (although thankfully not often) and usually the only indication is a bad smell in the kitchen before a flurry...

“Sorry, you’ve just missed that train, but don’t worry – there’ll be another one in an hour.” These are never the words you want to hear after a long and busy day, so when...

Small daughter has been doing some Christmas-themed homework for her RE (Religious Education) class at school. She was given two sets of verses from the Bible about the Christmas story and asked to say...