A Tale of Two Sh*ts: My Best Friend and my First Husband
The pain of betrayal. I’m cool now but it hurt at the time..
Read More…Long Reads
To Pube or Not to Pube? Personal Grooming in the Modern Age
A huger proportion of young woman remove 100% of their body hair. Why do I have a problem with this? Is hair-free the way to go?
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‘I am a little bit in love with Norman Reedus’: A middle-aged woman’s mid-life crisis.
My inappropriate crush on Norman Reedus/Daryl Dixon and my love for The Walking Dead. Does this crush make me a bad feminist?
Read More…Motherhood
Let’s go Ride a Bike! Well… we got there in the end.
All I wanted was to go for a bike ride in the sun with my family. Events conspired to make this as difficult as possible.
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Trying to Work and be a Good Mother and Failing at Both
A hectic couple of months at work put a big strain on family life. Children respond with ninja tactics.
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Up and Away: Losing my Son to Teenagehood
My boy is growing up, and there’s nothing I can do about it.
Read More…It's all about the Books
‘She Does Something Magical with her Characters’: Why I heart Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell’s characters can be riddled with self-doubt, plagued by insecurities and tremendously flawed. However, there is something magical about the way Jewell creates and shapes them.
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Thriller Queens: Sophie Hannah and Clare Mackintosh
So many twists you’ll get whiplash. Two of my favourite thriller writers: Sophie Hannah and Clare Mackintosh
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Better Than Cake – Proper Comfort Reads: Keyes and Kinsella
Better for you than a giant piece of cake – these are my go-to books when I want to escape and come up smiling. Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella are my top two.
Read More…Middle Age Beauty
‘Let’s Get Wiggy With It!’ Horror Hair Part Two
Part Two on coping with Middle Age Hair. I get a wig I like! But when will I find the courage to wear it outside. What do you think looks better? The wig or the extensions?
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Horror Hair, What the Hell Happened? How to Turn back Time
Over 45 and I don’t recognise my hair. It used to be gorgeous. What the hell happened? How I tried to recapture the hair of my youth, but this time, without the perm.
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‘Long Dark Teatime of the Soul’: Three Ways I Cheered Myself Up
An amazing facial, a dog walk, and painting my nails red. Never fail tricks to cheer me up on down days.
Read More…Weight
F**k that Sh*t! Keeping the Weight Off
How crap it is when the weight creeps back on.
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Easter can go Suck on a (Chocolate) Egg
This is why I can’t have chocolate in the house.
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I discovered my inner Super-Hero at the gym yesterday
A morning of bad parenting slightly redeemed by an afternoon of being a super hero
Read More…Poetry and Creative Writing
Guest Post by Beloved Mr B, my Old Teacher: George Herbert’s ‘Vertue’
A follow-up to my lesson on George Herbert. This time written by my amazing teacher: Mr B
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A Poetry Lesson: Robert Frost’s ‘Birches’
A gorgeous poem by American poet, Robert Frost. Nature, childhood, coping with life, and some interesting rhythms. Who could ask for more?
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A Poetry Lesson: Miniatures and Sonnets – The Snapchats of the Renaissance
Sonnets and Miniatures, how the Elizabethan’s flirted and got promoted before Snapchat and Instagram
Read More…Televsion
OK, So I’m Still a Little Bit in Love with Norman Reedus: Walker Stalker 2018
The day I met Norman Reedus, Daryl Dixon from ‘The Walking Dead’ and long time crush of mine. Also, I learn how to apply gruesome horror make up.
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Funny Women
Musings on women in comedy – why do some people still think women aren’t funny? Sorry it sounds a bit like a bad A level essay
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Why you should watch: Grace and Frankie
Why you should watch: Grace and Frankie. Old age, friendship and vibrators for the elderly. Who could ask for more?
Read More…Blogging
Trying to Work and be a Good Mother and Failing at Both
A hectic couple of months at work put a big strain on family life. Children respond with ninja tactics.
Read More… ‘Let’s Get Wiggy With It!’ Horror Hair Part Two
Part Two on coping with Middle Age Hair. I get a wig I like! But when will I find the courage to wear it outside. What do you think looks better? The wig or the extensions?
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5 of the Most Gross, Immoral, and Surprising things my Guests have Done
Holiday letting can be great. but you sure see an interesting side of the General Public.
Read More…My Drumming Journey
I’m Still Alive: Getting my mojo back with Pearl Jam’s ’10’ – Post 5
I bet you lot thought I had given up on my drumming – but no! I’m still at it and getting closer and closer to my goal. It turns out learning the drums and getting any good requires lessons and lots of practice; this is not great blogging material. I would basically be saying, ‘and […]
Read More… I’m Still Alive: Getting my mojo back with Pearl Jam’s ’10’ – Post 4
Can I learn the drums then play with a band in front of an audience of 500 by June 2018?
Read More… I’m Still Alive: Getting my mojo back with Pearl Jam’s ’10’ – Post 3
Can I learn the drums then play with a band in front of an audience of 500 by June 2018?
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