My daughter is on a long train journey and sitting in the same carriage to her is a very drunken Manchester United supporter, singing at the top of his voice (I can hear him down the phoneline.) It reminded me of when I was seven years old and on a train with my mother and […]
A Kitchen Sink Drama
(WARNING – I don’t come off particularly well in this blog) My husband does this thing when I’m sitting in the kitchen with the kids. He sits upstairs in the living room upstairs and comments away about what we’re saying. When we tell him that he’s being nosey and listening-in on our conversation, he objects […]
Japes and Wheezes
During lockdown, on April 1st 2020, my kids rang their dad at work from the summer-house in our garden (where they were allegedly doing their home-schooling). They told him that they had behaved very badly and refused to do their school work – leading to a row with me. They said that I had stormed […]
Supermarket Giants Undermined By Staff
The guy on the till at Aldi was off on one today – all about the government trying to use Ukraine as an excuse for the horrendous cost in living increases. He ended his rant with “Anyway. Come the revolution, they’ll be first up against the wall. Don’t forget your chops.” It cheered me up […]
Canine Conundrum
Several times a week, at the same time of day, we see these two border collies in the exact same position, here in the Holme Valley. One of them is always ‘standing up’ and leaning against the drystone wall to peer over. The other one just stands there, on the path, gawping upwards. They’re usually […]
World Book Day Shame
Well, it’s World Book Day and I’m Writer in Residence for Kirklees, so I thought I’d flag it with my teens and ask them for their fond recollections of World Book Day in days of yore: SON: School made us dress up. Didn’t you go as Malala? DAUGHTER: Yes, but that was for World Superheroes […]
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