So, it's time to come clean. I've turned into one of THEM. The ones you see sweating their backsides off on the pavement. The ones who look as though they're about to die as they pound the street three times a week. The ones who take every opportunity they can to evangelise about the life… Continue reading I’ll be running through my dreams…
Tag: family
One of those weeks…
This week has been One Of Those. The kind of week where everything is just that little bit more complicated than it needs to be. Of course, it's the last week of the school term, and it doesn't help that not only are there two knackered children in the house, one who's just completed her… Continue reading One of those weeks…
The day has come…
Today is the day I've been fantasising about for months (and, after six weeks of having my lovely daughters with me virtually 24/7, dreamed about!). My youngest daughter has gone to school for the first time. And I feel so, so weird. I know I'll get used to it; after all, having a good chunk… Continue reading The day has come…
Someone pinch me…
...I must be dreaming. This can't be happening to me, the girl, and then the woman, whose head was always somewhere different to her body. The girl who wrote stories from the moment she could pick up a pen, spent many years playing with characters that other people had invented and then, in the throes… Continue reading Someone pinch me…
Keeping well, feeling better. A good start.
Earlier this week I wrote about how I wanted to make some changes to my approach to my life, so I thought I'd post a quick update to let you know how it's going, and add some pretty pictures of things that have helped me to make things better this week. Since 28th December, I've… Continue reading Keeping well, feeling better. A good start.
Once upon a time…musings on the Eclipse
Inevitably, having seen the last lunar eclipse of any note, I find myself thinking about where I was when I saw it. It was 1999. I was just finishing off my MA thesis on Rupert Brooke (which I now cannot remember a damned thing about, apart from the fact that he made liberal use of… Continue reading Once upon a time…musings on the Eclipse