Life on a wet rock Little ramblings about life. Who are we in all this? January 24, 2021 How. Is. It. Going? January 13, 2021 So how was it for you? January 9, 2021 A few lockdown home-ed hacks (in case it helps) January 4, 2021 Happy New Year! January 1, 2021 The end of lockdown (for now) September 1, 2020 The end, the beginning, the weirdness August 28, 2020 The A Level and GCSE position – UK, 2020 – one parent’s perception August 17, 2020 The lockdown fat and the marathon August 12, 2020 Coming down August 7, 2020 Turning 50 July 18, 2020 This lockdown life: the meaning of smiles July 9, 2020 Things that will or will not change after lockdown June 27, 2020 Ten years of lockdown, and marmalade on toast May 2, 2020 An Easter message to the people sitting in the parks and on the beaches April 12, 2020 Bananas and birds – terrible things November 7, 2019 Each Peach Pear Plum and the comfort of mum-hugs February 11, 2019 Where are the quiet, male heroes in children’s literature? January 25, 2019 House, Parlour, Pigsty, Petty – Merry Christmas December 22, 2018 Happy Solstice December 21, 2018 Failure and rejection October 16, 2018 A note to my children in defiance of all things illness-related September 15, 2018 Hurling jellyfish July 17, 2018 In the Kingdom of Overwhelm (writing about chronic illness) June 25, 2018 Hello, 2017 January 1, 2017 The last day of 2016 December 31, 2016 The freelancer versus employee debate — Who wants to be Whale 52? December 21, 2016 Jump! October 3, 2016 After ten years of volunteering in school September 27, 2016 Guardian Witness September 6, 2016