A few years ago, I came off the phone and was met with the comment of, “Good Grief, you and your mum can talk when you get going – what was that? Two hours?” “Actually, it wasn’t my mum,” I replied. “It was Trevor Baylis.” A short pause in the conversation. And then; “What? Trevor […]
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 […]
Blatant Yorkshire Valley Views
Heart palpitation moment. After 10 years of rain growing from a trickle-tickle and into an indoor waterfall-feature within your home, you finally realise that you need a bit of a re-roofing jobby. And because your dear wee housie is a 4 storey 1790s weaver cottage, you require the entire thing to be scaffolded-up. Bummer-moments; the […]
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 […]
The Grown-up Chats – Part 1
I don’t know anyone who has enjoyed this year. For a variety of reasons. But during the last week, I realised that one thing that I have truly benefitted from myself, over the last 12 months is the wisdom and insight of my (now) fledgling teenager. Yes – I’m a firm believer in ignoring the […]
The Contest of Conversation
Regular readers might have already picked up that my 9-year-old is a lad of few words. Certainly, when compared to his 13-year-old sister and to his mother, he is. But as he gets older, I am noticing that the few words that he can be bothered to chuck out in our general direction, are always […]
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