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A happy Lego birthday
One of the joys (ahem) of blended family life is the occasional scheduling surprise. For instance, yesterday morning I was pootling along with a few exciting little plans for the day – work, maybe a coffee with a friend, tackling the mountain of rubbish in the garage again – when TL said as he rushed [...]
Continue reading...Too many cooks ….
26. April 2012
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Curious, the nature of women’s friendship. I feel more of a common bond with my female friends than I do with male ones and yet I am aware that sometimes women just are judgemental and acid towards each other. I’ve seen it and, I’m afraid, occasionally, I’ve done it. But I’m not sure why it [...]
Continue reading...The Help
8. December 2011
Let’s all gather round my virtual fire and have a lovely cosy chat about our latest Book Club offering, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. That’s right, pull up a chair, let me pour you a cup of tea and pass you a slice of coffee and walnut cake, just to get the thought processes going [...]
Continue reading...Book Club – Room
22. September 2011
It’s lovely to be introducing our second Book Club meeting! We all did so well over the summer, reading Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took My Dog despite the blistering British weather (ha!) and I’m dying to see how everyone got on with our next choice, Room by Emma Donoghue. I chose the book because I [...]
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20. August 2011
Here are your musings on our first Book Club choice, Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took My Dog. Looks like we pretty much all loved it, though it is really nice to hear that I’m not the only one who forgot some of the characters’ names and got a bit lost in the plot twists! Thanks [...]
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5. August 2011
Hello lovely Book Club people! As you know, we set off on our merry literary path together way back last month with Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took My Dog. Here’s my take on it, but what I’m really looking forward to is hearing your views. I found the book a really enjoyable read. I must admit [...]
Continue reading...All booked up!
4. July 2011
I’m so excited – my online book group idea has worked! Lovely people have signed up – well not signed, there’s nothing that formal, but have *indicated* enthusiasm and a willingness to read the chosen book – and so we’re all systems go. I think it’s going to be really fun. Here’s the plan. We [...]
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28. June 2011
I’ve been thinking about setting up a Book Club here for a while, but all the talk of finding niches at Cybermummy has made me feel I should stop shilly-shallying and just get on with it! You may have noticed that I have a little box on the right-hand side listing a book I’m reading [...]
Continue reading...Corduroy Land
11. October 2009
In times of trouble, there’s nothing more comforting than a yummy read, and Alexander McCall Smith’s The Dog Who Came In From the Cold is just that (though I have to say typing all those capitals is pretty exhausting! From now on I’m calling it simply Dog). I’m not sure how many installments there will [...]
Continue reading...Banking on it
29. September 2009
Eventually I had to fight myself out of the cosy embrace of the Dog Who Came In From the Cold and trudge to the Barclays &*$%£ Bank in the Village, to present myself in person to be chastised for forgetting my codes, my mother’s maiden name and my full postal address – and also to [...]
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9. November 2012
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