Robyn
FROM AESCHYLUS TO ATWOOD
A note on the title of my blog. By training I'm a Classicist, but by day I mostly teach (and let's be honest, read) English - so these...
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Robyn
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
WHAT TO DO WITH CHILDREN'S BOOKS?
Any thoughts? I've just culled a few books from the childrens' bedrooms - but now I find myself a little stuck with what to do next. So -...
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Robyn
- Apr 12, 2022
- 4 min
"IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER"
It can't just be me that has an issue with that comment. I get it occasionally. I'll have said something to someone at work or a loose...
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Robyn
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
FOREST SCHOOL
I know my kids like the woods. I understand the theory of why the woods are good for them and why forest school has become such a popular...
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Robyn
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
MY CURRENT ADDICTION
I read a lot - this is news to no-one. Or if it is, then you perhaps don’t think you know me very well. This year’s author has...
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Robyn
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
NEW BOOKS!
I went into a bookshop today. This didn’t use to be a notable thing, but then the world isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Pop asked...
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Robyn
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
TURNED TWO. LOVES A YELLOW SHOE.
Two - already last weekend. I did try and bake her a cake, but unlike a certain friend I have Scotland who seems to be able to construct...
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Robyn
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
HALF TERM - HURRAH?
It’s 11 o’clock on Monday morning and half term is already looking like an endurance feat. Normally half term is a breath - hopefully a...
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Robyn
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
BYE BYE HIGH CHAIR
It is finally time for this delightful object to quit residence of my kitchen. It has made brief forays into the attic on a couple of...
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Robyn
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
FEBRUARY, PLEASE BE KIND
Hundreds of green shoots are pushing their way up in the garden; little clusters of crocuses sprinkle the front lawn. It’s hard not to...
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Robyn
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
I DIDN'T REALISE HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL IT GOT FIXED.
That could also read: I didn’t realise I was being poisoned until it stopped. Melodramatic? Possibly, but not much. About 18 months ago,...
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Robyn
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS? I THINK NOT.
Two years ago, I was expecting a baby in February and my New Year’s resolutions read something like. Would be nice to do some fun things,...
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Robyn
- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
FOUR YEARS OF THIS ONE
Finding a way to celebrate at the moment is a little tricky - and it’s just got a whole lot trickier. But this little person turned four...
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Robyn
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
LOCKDOWN - AGAIN
It seems weirdly normal this time. In March we were all sent into the unsettling and unfamiliar, we watched the news in Italy and...
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Robyn
- Sep 13, 2020
- 3 min
PIP'S LEGENDARY GREAT GRANDFATHER.
Pip’s Great Grandfather is incredible, literally. Our little man is a chatterbox at the best of times, his things to talk about list is...
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Robyn
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
STONEHENGE ADVENTURE
Summer is slipping away. I can feel the days spinning out from between my fingers like grains of sand. It's something I feel on the...
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Robyn
- Aug 7, 2020
- 6 min
WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON PARENTING BOOKS?
Until recently I had been quite anti, and I’m not quite sure why. When I first had Sally, I had no idea about how to parent, and why...
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Robyn
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
THANK YOU OTHER PARENTS
Today was a being thankful for other parents day. Thank you other parents and grandparents at the adventure playground. It was lovely to...
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Robyn
- Jul 27, 2020
- 4 min
THE SEA
I didn’t expect to find my beach chill on the Isle of Wight. But I did, at 5.45 at Sandown, to be precise. I find the beach stressful...
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Robyn
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
THE LITTLEST ONE WALKS
I don't have a baby any more. When does a baby stop being one? It is when they first start crawling or later? Somewhere between the...
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