Category Archives: Random musings on family life, love the universe and everything

Living the dream: on creativity, coffee and purple carrots….

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

How many of us have wanted to leave the ‘rat race’ (who does ‘race’ rats?) and open a cafe or tea shop? Especially one set in a village close to wonderful rolling countryside and just a few miles from the … Continue reading →

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Do I have to change my personality to market my book?

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

Dandelions and Bad Hair Days will be published in the early autumn of this year. That is great news and I am looking forward to seeing it in print and using it to raise awareness of mental health issues and … Continue reading →

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A little bit of British sunshine brings out ……

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

…. quite honestly, it brings out the worst in us. Somerset was lovely yesterday, a little too hot if anything. Sitting out in our south-facing garden was pretty much impossible until about 4pm. I had errands to run in Taunton. … Continue reading →

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Why do I dig? A gardening philosophy…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Gardens and gardening have always been at the heart of philosophical discussion. Cultivating our environment raises all sorts of questions from the ‘big’ ones  - what it means to be ‘alive’ perhaps, or how far is a garden an expression of faith harking … Continue reading →

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Let’s hope it stops by Tuesday…. Rain in poetry by A A Milne & Langston Hughes

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

I couldn’t resist it. The rain has been incessant. The roads of Somerset are flooded and the thick, grey sky seems to come down so low you fear you will lose your way in it. Will it ever stop? These … Continue reading →

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Dandelions & Bad Hair Days – how mental health & motherhood woke up the writer in me

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

In a few months time a book will be published; an anthology of prose and poetry on the experience of mental health issues. It will have my name on the cover and I will have written some of the pieces the book includes. … Continue reading →

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‘I’m forever blowing bubbles’; or maybe this explains a lot…

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Earlier this week my son wrote a blog post on The Magical Mirror in which he was debating with himself which football team he should support next season. I had to point out to him that to ask that question is not … Continue reading →

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My Most Beautiful Thing…

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

How to choose ‘My Most Beautiful Thing’? How do I meet a challenge set by writer Fiona Robyn for her Blogspash over at Writing Our Way Home today? Is it actually possible to have just one thing that you count beautiful … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name? Warnings from our family history…..

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Prompted by a short discussion on Twitter with the fabulous @oldpostcards and @CountryBook about the first names our ancestors were given (‘saddled with’ in many cases) I went back through my tree to find patterns or traditional names handed  down … Continue reading →

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When procrastination pays off: Finding ‘Five Ways to Kill A Man’ by Edwin Brock

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

A quiet Sunday afternoon. Lots of work to do; the house is a mess. I have just looked down at my hands and see the results of a morning in the garden – broken and dirty fingernails and a splinter … Continue reading →

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