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The Truth About Self-Doubt

We always think that self-doubt is a bad thing.  It holds us back.  It prevents us from taking risks.  It silences us.  It cripples us.  We wish we were more confident.  We wish we had the courage to...

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A lifetime of 7 year itches in 3 months

I usually do a monthly round-up of my blog posts (when I say usually, I mean I’ve done it twice) but the last three months have been such a whirlwind that I have barely had time to wash (rest assured,...

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Baby goes to daddy and the truth about waterproof wallpaper

I haven’t written many new posts for my ‘baby goes to daddy’ series recently. This is not because baby hasn’t been going to daddy because believe me, he has, a lot! It is because since I moved into my...

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A taste of my own medicine

I’ve told you about my neighbours right ? Well, for those of you who might not remember, let me re-cap: in the flat beneath me live two women; a mother and her daughter.  I am guessing the daughter is...

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matchmyex.com – in the spirit of fairness

Min from Single Mum Speaks  (if you haven’t read her blog before, put her on your favourites list, she has a really refreshing and witty writing style) left a comment on my matchmyex.com post...

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Am I a writer or a pretentious coffee drinker?

There’s a little café called the French Tarte.  Some weekend mornings when Cygnet is with his Daddy I take my laptop and have breakfast in this café. This Morning in the French Tarte. It is my chance...

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On being staunchly secular

I appreciate your concern that because my son hasn’t been christened he won’t go to heaven if he dies.  That’s kind of you, but I don’t believe in heaven, so I am not that bothered. I appreciate your...

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Baby Goes to Daddy: Ai Weiwei

I went to the Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts today.  Rather than bore you with some text that cannot do his work justice, I thought I’d share some of my photos (which don’t do his...

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Why I blog

It seems curious to write a blog post entitled ‘why I blog’ when I am, at the moment, going through a phase of ‘blogger’s block’. There was a time when the words threw themselves at the page,...

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The Truth About Shoplifting

I went shoplifting last Tuesday and since then I have been swotting up on shoplifting skills and techniques.  These are my tips for shoplifters: Be overt to be covert.   Don’t bother with the rucksack,...

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