Musings :: Moments :: Memories
March has been a busy month. I started the month with a little March Bingo challenge—where I aimed to tick off a variety of experiences and small adventures. I came so close to a full house, but one square remains unchecked: a visit to the Lord Leycester Hospital. Not for lack of enthusiasm, mind you,… Continue reading March Reflections
Experiencing Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane was a magical experience, made even more special by sharing it with close friends and witnessing my daughter's enchantment during her first live Shakespeare performance. "Much Ado About Nothing" is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies - and my personal favourite of all… Continue reading Much Ado Love
Reading: Wintering by Katherine May; The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Various; The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems by Wendell Berry Listening: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K . Rowling; Mediations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; my 'Strummy' playlist on Amazon Music Watching: Silo and Bad Monkey… Continue reading Currently
We refined my new reading spot over the weekend with a chair which is actually comfortable to sit in and so I spent a few minutes there enjoying the new space, reading an old journal. I have so many journals which have just the first 10-20 pages with writing and I was thinking I should… Continue reading Time travel
I had so much fun making my 2019 Project Life album last year so I definitely want to make another one for 2020 this year. I have enough supplies for at least one more year, I think and then after that, I will need to see what size albums and pocket pages I can get… Continue reading Memory keeping in 2025
Following on from my review of the 24 things I wanted to do in 2024, I have put together my list for 2025. As you can see, these are all tangible things that can be achieved. These things are not habits; habits are not easy to measure, or to tick off so therefore I am… Continue reading 25 in 2025
I picked up this book at Chatsworth last year, drawn by the beautiful Angela Harding cover and the autumnal theme. I have read with Austin a couple of Katya Balen's shorter books, Birdsong and Nightjar. These books are published by Barrington Stoke and are dyslexia-friendly with a specific font and cream pages. Austin is not… Continue reading Autumn Reads: How I Fell in Love with Katya Balen’s Beautiful Books
I have written before about my suspicions that my brain is perhaps not neurotypical. I think this is the reason that I have struggled with establishing and maintaining regular routines. This in turn has meant that I have strived for this elusive routine for years, thinking that I was deficient in some way because I… Continue reading Elusive routines
The summer has chugged along at a pace which has been at once leisurely and far too fast for my liking. I still catch myself filled with dread for the start of term only to remember that I am not returning to school. Still, I am going to miss the slower pace of life during… Continue reading Lately
We are not expert parents by any stretch of the imagination (is there such a thing?) but there are a few things that we have implemented in our home which I think have made conflicts less painful and helped us to navigate so many tricky situations in a family which has strong emotions and loud… Continue reading Five Things That Work
Notes From My Day 