MY BLOG
Dip in and out of my recent thoughts on writing, web design, family and lifestyle
Blogging: it’s Better than Biscuits
If you’d told me 20 years ago – even five years ago – that I’d be doing what I’ve done this week, I would never have believed you. On Wednesday morning, I went to an SJPoole networking session – not to learn from the visiting expert, but to be her. I delivered an...
The end of term seems so far away – until it isn’t
I realised today I have only two full weeks left of school days before the end of term. That means some serious planning – which probably should have been done a while back – now needs to take place. I’m discovering just how quickly time turns now both children are...
A week in the life of RLC Words
I was typing a little text to my Mum and sister the other day about what was on the agenda for the morning, and on reading it back, I had a sudden thought: I would never have imagined this as a typical day, 10 years ago, five years ago, or even when I started RLC...
Things I’ll miss about Reception Year
The time has flown by – as it always seems to do, now we are all in the cycle of the school year – and our littlest boy is almost at the end of his Reception year at school. Which made me realise that it’s not just the end for him; it’s the last Reception year we will...
Let’s stop being nasty about other women
Pre-read explanatory note: I'm not sure what I wanted to do with this post really, but here it is. I've written it and rewritten it a few times, and I'm still not sure it's right. I don't want it to come across all preachy and mansplainy, because I'm well aware that...
Planning with Military Precision – it’s School Trip Season
The school trips I did as a child are one of my strongest memories. The smell of the coaches, the excitement, wanting to eat my lunch as soon as we got there at 9:30, just being somewhere and learning things in a brand new environment...I remember every single one,...
