Category: Monthly Musing

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Monthly Musing – November 2021 – Exam fever

If you’ve got children or grandchildren who are taking their GCSEs next summer, there’s a good chance that your house is a mock exam zone just like ours is right now. Not so small...

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Monthly Musing – September 2021 – Making time

I recently posted a photo of my knitting on Instagram and somebody commented that they didn’t know how I had the time to fit everything in that I do. Neither do I – but...

A selection of Japanese books - learning the language, the art of Spirited Away and a Wagamama cook book

Monthly Musing – July 2021 – Pathways

Small daughter’s obsession with Japan and the Far East continues.  She’s been fascinated by that part of the world for a good few years now and has decided she’s going to live there when...

Monthly Musing – June 2021 – Comfort zones

“Christine, you’re on in 10 minutes.” I’m sitting in the green room of the Yarn Lane TV studio, a place that I had never even heard of six months ago, and I’m calmly waiting...