Tag Archives: family

The high cost of learning: valuing a study of our past

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I occasionally feel the urge to have a really good rant. These explosions of fury are usually of no practical use, but occasionally they can be incredibly productive. I had one on … Continue reading →

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A footballer’s despair: why we must stop singing ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Editors note: This is the sixth in a monthly series of guest posts on the subject of mental health.  Award-winning writer and blogger Tim Atkinson is a stay-at-home dad. It is a role he loves and which he combines with … Continue reading →

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‘In a drear-nighted December’: Keats on post-Christmas blues

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

I wrote this post at the end of 2011, but as we head towards Twelfth Night once again; as we prepare to take down the tree and get back into the old routines it rang a soft sleigh bell in … Continue reading →

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Gallery 38 – White: Its been a bad year for our noses….

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

……but a great year for making snowy photographic memories. This is a post for week 38 of The Gallery at Sticky Fingers. The theme is ‘white’ in honour, or otherwise, of the snow and ice most have us have experienced … Continue reading →

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On sense, sensibility & living with an anxious family -Jo’s story

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Editors note: This is the second in a monthly series of guest posts on the subject of mental health. For November we are lucky to have award-winning blogger Jo Middleton of slummysinglemummy writing for us of her experiences. She looks … Continue reading →

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A day in which I solve a murder and learn how NOT to interest children in history…

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Apparently there has been a floral feud in my home town of Wellington in Somerset, and a senior horticulturalist has met a sticky end. I have two hours and two miles in which to discover who committed this dastardly crime … Continue reading →

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From Bunty to Blyton – a childhood library

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

I was once a child. That seems a bizarre statement but I do sometimes actually need to remind myself that those photos my mum keeps in a purple box beside her bed are of me. It is truly another life … Continue reading →

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Something is rotten in the county of Midsomer…

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

There is trouble afoot in Midsomer. Shocking crimes have been committed and Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby seems powerless to prevent them. Dramatic irony is almost unendurable. Midsomer Constabulary don’t know it yet, but the perpetrators of these foul deeds are … Continue reading →

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The Gallery – On the way home from ‘a celebration’..

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

The prompt for The Gallery on Sticky Fingers this week is ‘a celebration’, a subject we can interpret in any way we choose. We can also decide whether the photo showcases our skills with the camera, or whether it is … Continue reading →

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Can Christmas come too soon?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

I had an email from a lovely friend yesterday, suggesting that we book our Christmas meal out as soon as possible – did I have any ideas where I would like to go? I wasn’t taken completely by surprise. I … Continue reading →

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