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Robyn

Feb 15, 20203 min read

TO BUMSHUFFLE OR TO CRAWL?

A critical question for an almost one year old. The answer in this instance is to shuffle her wee butt around with daily increasing...

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Robyn

Jun 5, 20194 min read

BABY GEEK

That would be me - not the actual baby. Although this is a picture of the baby being geeked which I know is off topic, but she's so...

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Robyn

May 2, 20193 min read

BATTLES WITH PLASTIC: NEW STUFF

I got some goodies from Klean Kanteen Pip needed a drinks bottle and the Lifeventure flask I bought about five years ago has lost part of...

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Robyn

Feb 5, 20192 min read

THANK YOU!

An really sweet and unexpected parcel. I came across a box when I stumbled in through the door this afternoon. The afternoon had been...

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Robyn

Feb 1, 20193 min read

BEST LAID PLANS AND ALL THAT JAZZ.

Last week I was trying to do to much. Now I'm supposed to be doing nothing at all. You think you know what you're doing. You think...

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HITS AND MISSES OF A PLASTIC LIGHT BATHROOM

Robyn

Dec 27, 20187 min read

HITS AND MISSES OF A PLASTIC LIGHT BATHROOM

Great ideas don't always work out - this is what I have found out recently 1. LUSH Shampoo and conditioner bars - obvious right? Well......

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Robyn

Dec 1, 20184 min read

BATTLES WITH PLASTIC? THEY'RE A DODDLE

After last week's post, I looked around my kitchen and figured it was time to make some more changes. I've made a sort of pre-New Year's...

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Robyn

Oct 18, 20183 min read

DRESSAGE AND A TIMELINE

Ok, so it' s been a while since I wrote anything. Term started and I found myself mostly asleep on the sofa in the evening - but more...

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Robyn

Jun 20, 20185 min read

SUPER BUSY WEEKEND

Lots of being sociable and community spirited. Saturday was the street party - we've had one each summer for the last four years. It was...

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Robyn

Jun 9, 20183 min read

TEA AGAIN

This is the second of the promised tea posts. It is about my recently developed infatuation for Pukka teas. Look at all the pretty boxes...

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Robyn

Jun 5, 20184 min read

NAPPIES & NAPPIES

This is what I think of Kit & Kin The normal order of the day here is cloth. Happy fluffy enormous cloth bum. At least at the daytime,...

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Robyn

May 26, 20184 min read

ONE HUNDRED BOOKS

Another list? A list of a 100 brilliant books by women has just been published for this year's Hay Literary Festival. I had a look...

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Robyn

May 6, 20183 min read

TEA

Specifically the leaves. There are actually two posts I need to write about tea. This one is about leaves, the other one is about how I...

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Robyn

Mar 26, 20183 min read

TO SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND

Blake and Huxley. "To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity...

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Robyn

Mar 24, 20181 min read

WE GIVE A CRAP

Happy bum post arrived. Another eco parcel was waiting for me and Sally when we got back from swimming this morning. It was especially...

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Robyn

Mar 23, 20183 min read

EASTER HOLIDAYS

It is probably irreverant to thank heaven for the break when it is centrered around celebrating the rather troubling end and reappearance...

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Robyn

Mar 18, 20182 min read

BEAUTIFUL (FANTASTIC) BOOKS

THE FANTASTIC FLYING JOURNEY AND THE FANTASTIC DINOSAUR ADVENTURE Some of the things you remember from your childhood aren't quite as...

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Robyn

Mar 14, 20184 min read

MINOTAUR

SO, SO EXCITED. The play is cast, first read through was today. It is just fab hearing all the words spoken outside of my own head. And...

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Robyn

Mar 10, 20182 min read

INTERNATIONALLY AWESOME WOMEN

I'm a day late, but then so was the parcel. Women and books - what more could you want? I love this series. We are trying to raise a...

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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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