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My Nuisance Neighbour – Sigmund.

I’ve known for many years now that dyslexics (or those with ‘reading/spelling de-coding impairment’ – or whatever you want to call it) don’t get on too well with sarcasm. They tend to hear and perceive everything literally; especially when they’re kids.  As the child gets older, the ability to pick-up faster on sarcasm increases, but […]

Adopting an Attitude

The other day, I was waxing lyrical about how wonderful it is to have found a couple of people mad enough (cough, alright .. warm-hearted enough) to become adopted grandparents to my children. I was even thinking of writing a blog about this rare twosome, until it suddenly occurred to me that it probably isn’t […]

Jerry Had Left The Building

As a family, we had probably become a bit complacent with regards to letting our feathered friends roam a bit too free inside of the home. After all, our previous budgie’s name was ‘Elvis’ and whilst we realised that the ‘left the building’ suffix for that name had somewhat been tempting fate…. well. It never […]

Lycra, Leather and the Locals

A mother and her 13 yr old daughter, Holmfirth Cafe on a Sunny Sunday HER: “Mum, why is Holmfirth always chocca-ful of middle-aged blokes on bikes in leather ..?  Or blokes on bikes in lycra?  It’s so embarrassing.” ME: “You know why. Good biking routes – whether you’ve got a big engine or … or […]

Parents – meet Teachers. Hello? Are we *that* estranged from one another?

I’m calling for a return to the parent being the teacher’s best friend. Parents – should we really be carping from the sidelines about teachers and schools on social media? Should we be naming teachers, with no thought to the devastating consequences for them and their families? Simply because we aren’t keen on them, don’t […]

Stupid Arguments, Stupid Actions.

Pt 3. My 13 yr old providing words of wisdom,  once more. —————————————————————– “Mum, what’s the stupidest argument that you’ve ever had with anyone?” “How do you mean? You mean at work? Or at home? Or in a shop, or on Question Time and that sort of thing?” “Well, when you behaved the most stupidly […]