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Robyn
Feb 13, 20182 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
"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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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