On the right hand side of the Home page, you might have noticed a link to a page called Living with Autism. I've recently added a list of books, both fiction and factual, that you may find of interest. Disclaimer: These are all on our bookshelves. Some I have read, some I haven't and some I've … Continue reading Autism|Reading List
Let's get one thing clear, The Brainy One and I are tired. We are fatigued. We live with The Boy Child. He hasn't slept through the night with any regularity for years. But we know we're tired. We don't feel the need to tell people that, yes, we're tired. What we are doing is looking for … Continue reading Minimising Fatigue
... nearly ran out of steam in my role as Family's Entertainment Officer. Neither Plans A or B for Saturday came to fruition thanks to a combination of wet weather, 'emergency' road works and long queues. Plan C was simply a walk around St. James's Park, lunch in a coffee shop and a new magazine. It … Continue reading This Weekend I …
Oh, for the love of books and book tokens as Christmas gifts! Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: I received this for Christmas (it may have been a gift to myself ...) and I devoured it between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve. I want to shout it from the rooftops… I loved, loved, loved this book! At … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading January 2018
The old adage, "It's the little things" rings true. As part of nourishing myself this year, I've been looking at a few ways to make our home feel more cosy. More hygge. Both The Brainy One and I spent a lot of time in our home during the working week (a definite perk of being self-employed) and I've … Continue reading Living Well
Last week, when The Boy Child was away on his Year 6 Residential, The Brainy One and I snuck off to the Cotswolds for two nights in the picturesque village of Broadway. Both of us had been there before, but never together.Broadway looks exactly how non-Brits expect an English village to look. You know, as a backdrop … Continue reading Broadway
Cliveden is assured of its place in British history, but for all the wrong reasons. The house is now a rather smart hotel; the gardens, however, belong to the National Trust and are open to the public all year round.There are 375 acres of gardens. Can you imagine the size of the gardening staff back in the … Continue reading Cliveden
... The weekend was almost a complete washout. We had heavy rain and some snow both days. I cancelled our plans to go into town to see Lumiere London and quickly devised Plan B.Saturday's Plan B basically consisted of dodging the rain showers to have lunch in a coffee shop, purely because The Boy Child was beginning to show … Continue reading This Weekend I …
Of all the different types of architecture on offer in London, the hidden away mews are my absolute favourite. And as you might expect, the wealthier parts of our capital have the best examples of them. I began and ended my walk at South Kensington tube station and my walk took around 90 minutes (plus 20 … Continue reading Weekday Walks |Kensington Mews
When I rebranded this blog, I decided to use a dedicated planner for potential blog post ideas. One that ran like a diary, but had enough space for jottings, draft posts and the general minutiae required to run a reasonably well organised blog. I settled on the Get to Work book as my planner. Which is actually faintly … Continue reading The Get to Work Book
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