• Blast from the past

    So, I was wandering down Old Stitch Street with Little One when something caught my eye. A book. An old book. As old as me. Whoosh!! Time travel back to being about 5 and reading my favourite story. There it was, just sitting there! £4 later and it’s mine, all mine! Can’t quite believe it…

  • Experience

    Some days you just float through the hours, hardly conscious of your existence. You get to bed and wonder where the day went, what did you do, what did you think about. Other days are memorable. Guess what today is turning out to be? Today I’ve had conversations with various friends, colleagues and family that…

  • Decompression

    Have you ever felt submerged by all the demands of life? I do, quite frequently if I’m honest. But then, I have quite a full plate, as do most working mothers I know. However, mix it up with the tendency towards insomnia that PD so kindly bestows upon the Chosen Few and you get an…

  • Road trip Devon stylee

    A long day…we are driving back home after a day that took us from Brixham to Dartmouth to Salcombe via some seriously twisty road, CBeebies’ Mr Tumble’s house, beautiful scenery, sandy picnics and extortionate kids’ menu harumphs. I went for landscapes to snap as you can see. Balm to the soul.

  • Pink pox

    Well, Little One appears to have succumbed to The Pox that has been raging throughout the leafy lanes of Stitch City (can you have lanes in a city, I wonder) so I am facing an evening catching up with the work I am currently missing due to nursing duties. However, LO is obviously feeling rubbish…