RobynFeb 13, 20182 minFROM AESCHYLUS TO ATWOODA 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...
Robyn5 days ago3 minNEW 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...
RobynMar 63 minTURNED 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...
RobynFeb 153 minHALF 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...
RobynFeb 22 minBYE BYE HIGH CHAIRIt 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...
RobynFeb 13 minFEBRUARY, PLEASE BE KINDHundreds of green shoots are pushing their way up in the garden; little clusters of crocuses sprinkle the front lawn. It’s hard not to...
RobynJan 44 minI 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,...
RobynDec 27, 20203 minNEW 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,...
RobynDec 20, 20202 minFOUR YEARS OF THIS ONEFinding 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...
RobynNov 9, 20202 minLOCKDOWN - AGAINIt seems weirdly normal this time. In March we were all sent into the unsettling and unfamiliar, we watched the news in Italy and...
RobynSep 13, 20203 minPIP'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...
RobynAug 26, 20203 minSTONEHENGE ADVENTURESummer 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...
RobynAug 7, 20206 minWHAT 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...
RobynJul 28, 20202 minTHANK YOU OTHER PARENTSToday was a being thankful for other parents day. Thank you other parents and grandparents at the adventure playground. It was lovely to...
RobynJul 27, 20204 minTHE SEAI 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...
RobynJul 15, 20202 minTHE LITTLEST ONE WALKSI 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...
RobynJun 6, 20203 minOhLook at the bookshelves I try to do the right thing as an adult and a parent. And I genuinely don't think I do too badly. But...
RobynMay 31, 20202 minWEEK 9 - LOCKDOWN DIARIESIt's easy to smile in the woods. Lockdown certainly has its moments. Moments of frustration, moments of joy; moments of anger and tears....
RobynMay 27, 20203 minLOCKDOWN DIARIES - WEEK 10We made a rainbow! I saw a kit to make your own rainbow on instagram a couple of weeks ago and thought it seemed like a lovely family...
RobynMay 19, 20204 minWEEK 7 & 8- LOCKDOWN DIARIESBALANCE ISN'T POSSIBLE This is a deliberate downgrade from the always comical notion that you can do everything. I think this is just my...