Author: Jax Blunt
C25K take three?
I’m not sure how many times I’ve started and restarted running now. The first couple of times I devised my own routines and built up over time until I was regularly running 3 miles or occasionally further. But I’ve suffered a bunch of odd injuries and found it really hard to get going again. So…
Art inspiration at The Works
This post contains affiliate links. New code today 18th September: TREAT20 up to 20% off orders over £10! I love The Works for educational resources for me and the kids. I buy Big’s refill pads here – my tip is to go for a pack of 6 for £4.99. I also buy the 30 page…
September goals – blog/business, family, me.
As part of blogtember, today Hannah, Katie and I are all doing our September goals post. In the future, I hope that my monthly post will also be a recap of how I’ve gone on with the month before, but I’ve promised that sort of thing in the past and failed dismally, so no promises.…
Home education in the headlines, and on the radio
There were a number of negative headlines around home education (or homeschooling as some parts of the media will insist on calling it) following a counter terrorism speech by a senior police officer in which he mentioned the possibility of homeschooling (yes, I know) being a possible contributory factor in the rise of extremism/ home…
Blue Monday?
I’ve struggled to get going today, even though I started with a quick painting and was actually quite pleased with it. I used Sktchy app for inspiration as Zoe described here (one of the pictures in her post might look familiar). I used to draw every day but I’ve fallen out of the habit over…
Summer snippets part 2 – all about Joan
This is Joan. (With thanks to Mike and Allison for the picture. ) I’ve been Joan twice this summer. It’s peculiar – in the run up to Kentwell I do a lot of faffing and panicking, then there’s the actually getting there and putting up tents and then I just am. Life is both simpler…
Summer snippets part one
Yes, I know I said yesterday that I was going to review a book today, but I kind of haven’t quite finished it yet. Sorry. I’m not quite sure what I’ve done with today, but it’s gone out from under me. So instead, I thought I’d do you a bumper snippets edition to recap on…
Getting back on the (blogging) horse with a 30 day challenge – welcome to Blogtember!
It’s been a bit quiet around here hasn’t it? Part of that is because we’ve been away at Kentwell – even my instagram went quiet then. But I’ve also lost my way here a little, again, which happens from time to time. To try to persuade me to get my words and posts flowing, I’m…
What I wish I knew before my first camping trip with kids – by Kirsty from Get Kids Outside
It’s not often I host non book related guest posts on this blog, but I think actually it might be a nice way to introduce my readers to some of my blogging friends – and Kirsty is someone I’ve known since before I started to blog. Yes, we really do go back *that* far. We’ve…
Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival
Buy at Amazon (affiliate link). I think it’s fair to say we are Tom Percival fans. We’ve several of his books on our shelves, including the very limited edition Hugo and the Imaginary Zoo. Perfectly Norman is a wonderful addition to his range, and I’m thrilled to be joining the blog tour. The premise is…
