Food, Freelancing and Brexit Shortages
One of the things I realised quite rapidly when I first started freelancing — and it’s an obvious one, really — is that you’ll have…
Making memories: the ‘C’ word
The ‘festive’ C word, that is. I’m not sure I can bring myself to say it yet. C… Chr… Christmas. Aargh! Don’t get me wrong,…
Tribute (Robert Addison, July 1981 – July 2017)
A tribute to Robert ‘Bobby’ Addison, as read out at his service today. It would be… incongruous to stand here and tell you all what…
Death, Depression and Drink
Content warning: suicide, mental health, addiction On Wednesday I sat down and mentally compiled a tribute to my brother, whilst assembling an IKEA table. There’s…
Children’s birthday parties are exhausting
That’s it. The milestone I was dreading has come and gone. We have a lot of ‘seven’ left to go, but that initial mountain has…
Wedding Antics
So who got married last week? Just me? Oh :) On May 16th at 11:30ish (we were early) Gaz and I officially tied the knot…
I’m 30 and nothing’s different
Well howdy. It somehow got to January 20th without me noticing. Funny how this time-passing-by thing works. I turned 30 in style, partying the night…
Teach your children to cook
Would it be controversial of me to suggest that failing to teach your children to cook is neglecting a hugely important of parenting? That is,…
First Week
So, it’s been just over a week since I returned working from home. A week of exercising self-control, willpower and planning. A week of trying…
In defence of spur of the moment decisions
I think often as a grown up, being able to spend time thinking about and rationalising decisions before acting them out is considered a desirable…
Protected: Oh, Mother’s Day
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Protected: Dear Isabel
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