My oldest friend (who I’ve known for nearly 50 years) has finally finished her cancer treatment, so I wanted to give you a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma update. I wrote about her journey back in August, when she’d recently had her diagnosis […]
I went to see “I Found My Horn” at the very intimate White Bear Theatre last night, situated at the back of the lovely White Bear pub in Kennington last night and it was a joy! Adapted from the best-selling […]
My 6’5″ baby boy has gone travelling for an indefinite period of time and whilst I couldn’t be more thrilled for him, it’s yet another period of readjustment in this parenting rollercoaster now that I’ve been left home alone once […]
My friend and I have just returned from a wonderful week in Los Angeles – but my recommendation would be that if you’re planning “A Wine Lovers Tour of Los Angeles then DON’T GO…IT’S SOOOOO EXPENSIVE TO DRINK WINE THERE. I […]
Happy birthday to my 30 year old son! OMG!! I have a THIRTY YEAR OLD SON!!! Whilst I knew there was no point in looking up what you’re allowed to do once you are 30, because it’s basically everything, I […]
I’m sitting in a freezing cold house. My boiler has broken down – on the coldest day of the last 10 years. Bloody typical. Weirdly, its issues like this that slightly tip me over the edge of my usual just-about-can-do-it-all-single-mother-coping-mechanisms. […]
My son is currently working at my brother’s company: Health Cuts Ltd. He is literally making human hearts out of silicone and they just had some amazing news – that as a result of the training, a 12 year old boy’s life has […]
I’ve just completed a three month Pilates Reformer Course, whereby I was the oldest student by about thirty years. I mean just look at the flexibility of one of my fellow students!:- Once I’d got over that (and nearly torn […]
My firstborn son has recently returned from a three week “trip of a lifetime” in Colombia. I dropped him off at the airport full of trepidation. It can’t be helped – as a parent we always worry about our children […]
We’ve just read “A Gentleman In Moscow” by Amor Towles in our book group and had our regular meet up last week. I can’t say everyone in our group loved it (those that didn’t, failed to finish it, which was […]
It’s World Champagne Day today – which always falls on the 4th Friday in October! Whoop. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a little experiment on what are the best glasses for champagne. On my own of […]
It’s World Mental Health Week and I wanted to share a petition a friend sent me from THE LEARN NETWORK. They believe that suicide is preventable and that universities must do more to help keep students safe. They have submitted […]
