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Treasures
We had a wonderful and much needed few days away in Yorkshire over half term, thankfully not curtailed by the incoming lockdown. I don’t have strong opinions about this lockdown either way. I know many do. I’m too exhausted by … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged beach, cliffs, COVID-19, fishermen, ginnels, government, Half-term, holiday, houses, lockdown, North York Moors, rainbow, restrictions, Robin Hoods Bay, rooftops, sea, speculation, statistics, Storm Aiden, treasures, waves, winter, yorkshire
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Gloaming
I love the word ‘gloaming’. Technically, I think it means twilight. To me it means the very end of twilight, just as the last bit of light is being sucked from the sky, and the stars are coming out. During … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged covid 19, family, gloaming, half term, lockdown, parenting, PE socks, pyjamas, restrictions, silhouettes, skylight, starfish, sunset, twilight
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Homework
Little Owl looked up from her homework the other evening, “Did you know Edward the Confessor died with no hair?” “Really? Wow, that’s interesting…” A long silence as I registered what she’d said. “No hair? That’s a funny fact to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, cosmos, Edward the Confessor, flashcards, hair, heir, homework, learning to read, maths, mum, parenting, phonics, sh, sounds, verbena
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A moment
I am not long back from school drop-off, and I’m taking a moment before I head off to my writing desk. I’ve made myself a coffee. Now I’m sitting, mulling things over, watching the rain trickling down the windows. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged autumn, coffee, quiet time, rain, roast leaves, school drop-off, taking a moment, thinking
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Seasonal rituals
The children went back to school and it all seemed to be going okay. Then the news came that gatherings were being restricted to six people due to a rise in Covid numbers. My heart sank. After all that has … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged allotment, autumn, bulbs, children, colds, cough, Covid, covid restrictions, covid test, COVID-19, crocuses, flu, geese, manure, migration, new term, nurse, pansies, parenting, return to school, runny nose, tulips, vaccines, winter, work
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End of an era
Wren started school this morning and with that, a phase of my life has passed. I have such mixed feelings about it! I can’t say I enjoyed having little babies. Before I had one myself, I imagined cuddling my baby … Continue reading
When I Write
For those of you who don’t know, this week, two years ago, I won the Kelpies Prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. On Instagram this week, my publisher posted a photo of me accepting the prize from the wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged author earnings, children, children's author, debut author, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, Edinburgh International Book Festival, editing, family, holidays, juggling, Kelpies Prize, mental load, middle grade novel, mum, new school, nursing, off-duty, parenting, school holidays, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, time management, tween, two-incomes, writing, writing life, writing process
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Tram-tastic
With all that’s been going on with Covid, instead of our planned trip to North Wales the week before last, we decided to stay at home and do local day trips. One of these was a trip to Seaton. Seaton … Continue reading
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Tagged alan gardner, Blackpool, bookshop, Britain, claude lane, coastal town, colyford, colyton, countryside, day trip, devon, east devon, eastbourne, holiday, lancaster electrical company, Owl and Pyramid, rhyl, roman port, saxon town, seaton, Seaton tramway, seaton wetlands, southwest, trams, UK
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