by Rebecca | Dec 3, 2021 | Christmas
I write to you from my sickbed, which is an awful lot nicer than it sounds. My bedroom is one of my favourite rooms in the house, and so it’s not been a punishment to be confined here since my positive test last week. Covid has not been easy on me, though – I’ve had...
by Rebecca | Nov 5, 2021 | Life and Family
Every Autumn when I was little, we built a bonfire in the field at the back of the house. The farmer didn’t mind, because he and his wife had a lot of land and five children, and they were all at the heart of our best village celebrations. Then, on 5 November, the...
by Rebecca | Oct 8, 2021 | Life and Family
It’s been a sickly week Chez RLC. This is the way these things usually go round here with illness: Child A brings home a snuffle from school, passes it on to Child B. Both cough and splutter their way around the house and about their business, while Mr RLC and...
by Rebecca | Sep 17, 2021 | School
Do you remember a time when your biggest worry was what lesson was looming over the timetable horizon next – and what delicious dish was coming up for school lunch? Well, perhaps the last one never happened (my memories are mainly of mince and mashed potato, followed...
by Rebecca | Jul 16, 2021 | Life and Family
I knew that 5-9 July was going to be full on, so I decided to make life a little easier for myself and take the week off. I had a visit booked in from my Dad and uncle from Mon-Weds (first time in many years, so that was a major event in itself), my sister and her...
by Rebecca | Jun 11, 2021 | Life and Family, Milton Keynes
There have been lots of opportunities to spend quality time together as a family over the last 18 months, but one-to-one time with each child has been more difficult to come by. So we recently decided to revive it, and I asked the older one what he would like to do....
