In a shop in Skipton today. A ‘Closing Down Sale’. A rack of nice quality, but ridiculously cheap tee shirts. My 6 year old daughter starts a conversation…. DAUGHTER: Mummy – why don’t we get one of those tee shirts there? They look quite nice. ME: Well – at first glance maybe. But that’s the Confederate […]
Govt Plans for Public Services Run by Volunteers – My Mind is Boggling..how about yours?
I love the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Not just because they are Quaker inspired and governed (am unashamedly pro-Quaker). I like their neat summaries, that don’t assume you already know lots about latest policy developments (I don’t read newspapers these days). I like this summary on the new white paper… http://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/2011/07/public-services-white-paper Today I don’t feel like commenting seriously on this […]
Winehouse Death Leads to Self-Righteous Tosh
I feel strongly about the subject of addiction. I don’t want to read a single sentence that slags Amy Winehouse off for her inability to live beyond her addictions. My heart aches for her – it aches even more for the poor souls who live on very low income levels, who are working class, who […]
The Ownership of Our Poo Is Changing!
How did I miss this one? Nice letter today from our Water Authority (happens to be ‘Yorkshire Water’). Informing my household that from 1st October 2011 the govt is changing current legislation so that MANY of the UK’s sewage pipes will be moving into ownership of the water authorities. Apparently it has been a bit too […]
Metal and Music Mad – Brainwashing or Inherited Love?
Oh, how I am enjoying 3 yr old Greg’s first introductions to REAL music….By this I mean, both my kids are not exposed to any form of music that far too many kids hear via Radio One, MTV etc. Call me selfish, call it brainwashing – but I feel strongly that if the one TV in […]
Precocious Kids
I have two small children. I never thought I would end up writing so much about them. However, I do hope that most of the time the stuff I choose to focus on is a little more interesting than ‘Oh it’s hard being a parent! They are stinky, they are demanding, they don’t sleep’… etc. […]