Category: Monthly Musing

“Hello!  Welcome to our club!” It’s been a long time since I’ve been the “new girl” at anything, and but here I was at my first session at a Tai Chi class and, staring...

In September, my husband and I will join thousands of other parents around the country who wave off their youngest child to (in our case) university, but it could be anything that takes them...

“I wish I was back in Nepal.” Not so small daughter has post-holiday blues, and the boring familiarity of Winwick and her same old, same old life is not cutting it for her.  Even...

“I’m a big fan of insect food.” It’s not the usual sort of conversation that I have with our vet, and I should probably clarify that we weren’t talking about the vet eating insects...

Not so small daughter is on study leave for her A Level exams which means that she’s left sixth form college and our time with children at school is over.  Ooh, it’s another milestone!...

When I was little and went to primary school (from age 4 to 11), we had an assembly every morning.  I can remember filing into the large hall to the sound of music from...