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Photo day for G at ‘school’ today. Thinking about the litter of official pictures of these boys I’m building up, I suddenly found myself thinking about the sibling portraits they took at my first school. (That photographer was probably out of business in a few years. Far too focused on what the customer wanted. They… Continue reading Photo Day

Been feeling quiet creative recently. Lots of fragments of stuff going in notebooks, awaiting that mythical day when I have too much time and nothing to do. (Although if I have learned anything by reading other writers’ blogs, that’s not how things get done at all). I did, however, manage to compose a silly song… Continue reading Delegation

I was sorry to hear that Humphrey Littleton is giving up his jazz show on the BBC, as it was always excellent listening. However, I love the fact that, at 86 he is trying to ‘clear a space for some of my other ambitions’.

OK, I know I’m a fan of Star Trek, but when my crockery starts chipping Federation logos out of itself, I think things are going too far…

Gregor and I went food shopping before picking Angus up from school. By some fluke of good-timing, we were actually finished a good 20 minutes before we were due at Angus’s school, which was just around the corner. I was wondering what we should do to kill time when lo! I saw police cars and… Continue reading Vale Rio On The Move

Apparently Jennifer Lopez has been watching too much Dragon Tales while pregnant. She’s naming her children Max and Emme, the names of the two human children in the Spanish-language-friendly show. How cute.

I nipped along to our local Weight Watchers office this morning during their open hours and rejoined. Last autumn I was trucking along, losing weight and eating well and feeling very smug. Then I got derailed. Getting re-railed has proved harder than joining in the first place, but I think I’m finally ready. It helps… Continue reading Back On The Wagon

So Drudge decided it was in the public interest to disclose Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan. Oh well done. That really served the public interest, didn’t it? Apparently this has ignited a big debate about whether the press should agree to embargoes and whether people had a right to know. Please! I’m all for the… Continue reading On Journalistic Freedom, and Prince Harry

So, my sister sends me one little link, about dressmaking, which I don’t even do, and it leads to a flurry of wonderfulness. It turns out that March 4 is National Gramm<strike>e</strike>ar Day as hosted by the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) which I came to via: Dictionary Evangelist, who has her… Continue reading Links o' the Day

Victory ang K’tinga Originally uploaded by SeumasNCC1842 Look at what my 15 year old nephew can do with a computer and an overactive imagination. I mean, 15 might sound quite old to you, but this is my wee nephew, the first person to make me an auntie; a boy who was two years old only… Continue reading CGI: the Next Generation