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Continue reading →: Feralia: Or, The Roman Way of Politely Asking the Dead to Go Home…this started as book research, which is how I end up down most rabbit holes… The 21st of February marks the end of an eight-day Roman festival known as Parentalia, a time devoted to honouring the dead. The final day; today, is called Feralia, and it’s when things… wrapped up.…
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Continue reading →: Fleeing Danger, Facing Myths: The Truth About Asylum Seekers in the UKSomething I’ve been reflecting on lately… There’s been a lot in the press and on social media about “the boats” and people seeking asylum. Much of it uses words like “illegal,” “unfair,” or “they’re only coming for benefits.” It struck me how often we hear these phrases, but how rarely…
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Continue reading →: Between the seen and the unseen: Why Science and Magic speak the same languageBetween the seen and the unseen: Why Science and Magic speak the same language
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Continue reading →: We are wolves… Wolves in earrings…Lesson number who-knows-what; You’re never too old. Self expression is powerful… Daughter number 1 (I have two, they are twins, she was born first, they have an inside joke about it… I say this because I’ve been dragged over the coals by keyboard warriors for ‘applying a number to my children,’ –…
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Continue reading →: Life after surgeryLife has been quiet as I’ve been recovering from surgery. It’s been a time of rest, worry, gratefulness, fear, joy, exhaustion ~ it’s just been a sea of feelings. (If you’d like to know more I’ve made a few vlogs. I chat about ovarian cancer and hysterectomies and getting better… A total…
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Continue reading →: The tale of the moaning writer.Okay chaps and chapesses, I’m getting close to facing the fear and doing it anyway — yes, it’s submission time. Or nearly. I wrote the perfect cover letter last night. I kid you not, I penned that last full stop at 3.34am and knew I had it in the bag. I…
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Continue reading →: Sanity 101; for parents
That’s the thing with children I suppose; as much as we love them they drive us crazy in equal measure, and as you climb the rungs on the parenting ladder you learn certain undeniable truths along the way. One of them being that in order to maintain a little sanity, you…
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Continue reading →: Parenting without a handbook.No.1 son decided on the way home from swimming to talk about words; “What does truce mean?” I gave him a brief explanation about how it’s just a way to make an agreement, and it’s a good way to keep the peace. In truth, my mind was already on making…
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Continue reading →: Flynn & MeA while ago now — on a plane — the transatlantic in-flight film was a traditional style weepy called Marley & Me. Now, bearing in mind we had our three children with us, undisturbed movie watching was really not an option. But as we whizzed across the miles, the resounding sounds of…
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