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De stuffocation and a digital detox.
It’s Kentwell time. I’m not ready. I’m never ready. I trudge through my days frittering time away and then suddenly panic that the deadline is upon me. I don’t know why I do that. I think I’m getting worse at it, or maybe it’s just that there are more of us to get ready. (Where…
Walking tall.
Last week I popped in to the local Lidl for bread and milk. And came out with stilts. As you do 😉 I couldn’t resist, they were only £1.99 a pair. I think we had a set, years ago, but one disappeared, and you can’t do a great deal with one stilt. So I gave…
Coming up Roses by Rachael Lucas
Coming up Roses Rachael Lucas Love can be a thorny issue. Buy at amazon Buy for Kobo Buy at Hive It’s no secret to anyone here that I’m a huge fan of Rachael Lucas, and that’s not just because I’ve known her for over 12 years now, give or take. Got to love the internet…
Netflix nights: Once upon a time
Is it that time? That would be Once upon a _ time 🙂 Our days are bracketed by Netflix at the moment. Big gets up early and after her paper round, settles down for an episode or two of House. Then, after Tim has his news at lunchtime, the younger children get their turn, and…
Angelina Ballerina – breaking the fourth wall in picture books
The Angelina Ballerina books form a series of stories about the heroine, Angelina (a mouse) and her friends and family (also, unsurprisingly, mice). Although ballet is an important interest, it’s not a feature of every story and in fact is barely mentioned in Angelina’s Birthday by Katharine Holabird (Author) and Helen Craig (Illustrator) (affiliate link).…
Delete by Kim Curran Blog Tour
Smart, sharp science fiction, not only for teenagers. Buy on Kindle Buy at amazon The country is at war. Beset by enemies within and without. And all because of the decisions changed by one boy, Scott Tyler. In this ravaged alternative reality, Scott hardly recognises himself. He’s a war hero, a leader of a unit…
Win with Ribbit and Puddleducks
We’ve had a bit of a frog theme to life here for a few weeks now. In the run up to the launch of Ribbit we were invited to visit Colchester Zoo to learn about frogs. Which was a fabulous day out – we spent an hour with Keeper Nick who was incredibly informative. And…
Lily and Bear by Lisa Stubbs
Pre order at Amazon | at Hive A few weeks ago, over the course of several days, I received a series of postcards, with images of a girl, and a bear. And after those, the most wonderful book Lily and Bear by Lisa Stubbs, arrived. It’s a book about childhood, friendship, imagination, and understanding. It’s…
The unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – available on Netflix March 6th
On Wednesday, the lovely people at Netflix invited me to London along with a whole lot of other mums (and a couple of dads) to spend some metime, getting pampered (massage! cocktails! chocolate brownies!), and also have the chance to see the first episodes of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt before it’s available to stream on…
Happy tummy, happy mummy.
No, I don’t quite believe I typed that either 😉 I’m working with Activia (again) and today I’m writing about the benefits of life with a happy tummy. Now, I’m not a doctor, nutritionist or dietitian (why is that word so difficult to spell?) but I have experienced a whole section of life with an…
