Tag Archives: family

Everything changes but you…

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

I am sorry to disappoint anybody coming to this post hoping for a tribute to the rather wonderful Gary Barlow and his backing singers, *hears hisses and ducks missiles from Take That fans everywhere*, but this is actually a post … Continue reading →

Posted in Random musings on family life, love the universe and everything, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | 13 Comments

An ‘Unsound Mind’ – bringing a family history into the open.

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

I have, over the past two or three years, been unlocking metaphorical cupboards to find metaphorical skeletons falling at me from all sides. Inspired less by ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ than by an indecent fascination with the minutiae … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental health, Random musings on family life, love the universe and everything | Tagged , , , , , , | 56 Comments

Scrabbling around; or why squiggle won’t have me fazed..

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

Two weeks into the long summer break some people reading this will be on the verge of murder, or at least considering putting their offspring on ebay with no reserve. Those without children to entertain over the next month might … Continue reading →

Posted in Random musings on family life, love the universe and everything | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Crumbs in the cutlery drawer, or what’s so funny about cleaning the kitchen?

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

Right – my sister says my blog posts are rather melancholy and nostalgic, so instead of the piece on retro sweets I had in mind to write, I thought I would try to show a more humorous and  less wistful … Continue reading →

| Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments