Regular readers will know that I have been chomping at my metaphorical bit to get back to work after two lots of back-to-back maternity leave. I have been craving conversations that don’t go round in circles, and an environment where my opinions are admired and actively sought out. (I don’t know why I was so […]
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There's just one thing, darling. I'm pregnant.
The day after moving day; boxes piled high from ceiling to floor, making it impossible to get through the house without weaving from side to side in a dry slalom. The only room fully unpacked was the baby’s, and he was lying in his cot, basking in the sunshine streaming through the windows and giggling […]
Childcare cheating
Having a nanny is like having a wife. I have always felt it somewhat unfair that wives (generally speaking) don’t get to have their own wives, and I am immensely enjoying the experience. My house is permanently tidy, the dishwasher and the laundry baskets are always empty, the children well fed and tidily dressed, and […]
How to drive a mother to drink
I don’t generally diarise my life in my blog; it would be spectactularly dull to read, for a start, as well as lacking in variety from day to day (got up, orchestrated chorus of whines and moans, tore out hair, drank vat of wine, went to bed). However today I am going to give you […]
An exercise in inspiration
My enjoyment from writing, and therefore my primary focus, is to take an isolated incident and describe it in such a way that it takes shape before the very eyes of the reader; so that they can see the events unfolding as though in a movie clip, and picture the characters I describe, as if […]
Shuffle ball change
We make a motley crew as we traipse into the village hall on a Wednesday evening, coats buttoned up against the cold. I suspect I’m not the only one who firmly believes, every time I put on my shoes, that I’ll be transformed into Ginger Rogers. We’ve all danced before; a spot of ballet as […]