Monthly Archives: February 2014
mud and motherhood
It is definitely spring. There are still banks of snowdrops and now the hedges are full of yellow catkins and there are primroses and budding daffodils in the banks. It is definitely spring. There are still banks of snowstorms and … Continue reading
Geeky
My daughter divides the whole universe into “geeky” and “not geeky”, in much the same way as the Daily Mail divides the world into “things that cause cancer” and “things that cure cancer”. I stand accused of making her “geeky … Continue reading
Family. And the pitfalls of holiday rentals.
This is a story about family and serendipity OK, this summer Husband’s cousins from Australia are coming over to Europe. Husband is Irish, and the cousins will be visiting Ireland and then going on to Belgium, or somewhere. We had … Continue reading
Mindfulness in unexpected places
I DO NOT CRUMBLE. I think of the small things. I concentrate my mind on the feeling of linen next to my skin. Burial Rites, Hannah Kent An amazing book about an 18th Century Icelandic woman sentenced to death for … Continue reading
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness is, of course, utterly zeitgeist at the moment. But living in North Devon is like living in 1957, but with wifi. Things are so non-alternative here, it’s positively freaky. So I’ve been looking for a mindfulness course locally and … Continue reading
Cycling getting better
I haven’t confessed to Husband yet, but I still only cycle with one cleat. Otherwise I get scared of falling over sideways. In my defence, I have fallen over sideways every time I’ve been out with my cleats – until today. … Continue reading
Sidebar
A slightly disturbing sidebar comes up when I go into this blog to write something. It says “Related searches: Advanced Breast Cancer” and shows a picture of a surprisingly jolly looking lady hooked up to a machine and being proper … Continue reading
More weather
When I started this, I never thought that weather would be such a theme. Mainly because here, on this little island in the Atlantic, we don’t really have weather. I mean, we do have weather, obviously, but it doesn’t usually … Continue reading
Weather
Where is all this water coming from? There is exactly the same amount of water on this planet now as there was when it was first formed. Somewhere is really lacking water at the moment. Or maybe Husband is right … Continue reading
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