Snow day Friday was due to be the last day of term but a thick blanket of snow meant the holidays started early for us in Suffolk. I knew that snow had been forecast but wasn't betting on a proper covering and as I awoke on Friday morning I lay in...

Small things Today began blanketed in a wintry fog. I am not at all fond of foggy days, those dull, dim and unremittingly grey winter days. However as I returned from the school drop I was surprised to see that the wide East Anglian skies were doing...

Jumping back in Do you remember the skipping rope games from your childhood playground? Do you remember how the girls would play all lunch-break with a skipping rope, strange nonsensical chants, murmured in singsong voices. Never taught, just...

I have a post over here today, please do click the cake and have a look.

November, November Be off on your way. November really is sorriest of months, right up there with February. It has little to redeem it. Every year I try to face November with a more positive outlook but it isn't long before those short grey days...