by Rebecca | Nov 22, 2019 | Christmas, Life and Family
I know, it’s not Christmas yet. It’s still November, for goodness’ sake – yet no sooner is Halloween over, than the shops, the TV and social media are all extremely keen to persuade us that it is, in fact, time to start getting organised; and I’m not wholly against...
by Rebecca | Nov 15, 2019 | Re: Writing
Sayings are passed down through the generations and we’re all familiar with them – and many probably entered the English language hundreds of years ago. They’ve been used down the years for adding weight to all sorts of points, usually cautionary ones –...
by Rebecca | Nov 8, 2019 | Brilliant Businesses
Five years ago, we moved from North Yorkshire to Milton Keynes. We love it (and you can read all about why here: Five years on – my love letter to Milton Keynes) and we’ve never looked back…apart from the longing glances over our shoulders, at the Crab and Lobster...
by Rebecca | Oct 25, 2019 | Life and Family, School
Those following the blog will know that the older boy’s current school topic is the Romans, and in particular the Roman invasion of Britain – which I am very much enjoying (see What did the Romans ever do for me?). This week, his homework was to produce an...
by Rebecca | Oct 18, 2019 | Re: Writing
This is me, just before leaving school at the end of the 90s. No idea what the world beyond a tiny cathedral city was all about, shy and introverted, and never for one minute imagining that at age 41, she’d be doing what I did last week – standing in front...
