March 29, 2020
My son turned 21 this week amidst scant celebration. He is not one to mope about feeling sorry for himself but it must have been tough spending his 21st with his parents. Inside his card, I wrote out one of my favourite poems, “The Orange” by Wendy Cope. It is an ode to the joy […]
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March 22, 2020
If I ever said “Mother’s Day” my mother would immediately correct me, “It’s Mothering Sunday” she would say, in a way which suggested she had reminded me more times than should strictly be necessary. She was very particular about certain things, mostly connected with the church, and utterly oblivious to others, such as leaving sufficient […]
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March 15, 2020
Flicking through Instagram I come across a post from Derek Halpern, entrepreneur, and social media expert. It is a photo of what he describes as “my favourite picture in my house” which is a framed tweet from Kanye West which reads, “I need a room full of mirrors so I can be surrounded by winners” […]
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March 8, 2020
Sitting across from me on the leather armchair Tom covers his eyes and says, “Oh no, I don’t think I can watch this” turning his head away from the screen and towards me. I have a small keyboard on my lap trying to work out the chords to Abba’s “The Winner Takes It All” while […]
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March 1, 2020
When my daughter started at University I can remember having a conversation with her about how I thought it would suit her because she enjoys working on her own and seems to have no trouble in motivating herself to get her work done. She is less good at proactively emptying the dishwasher. What causes her […]
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